Thursday
Today was basically a day off for me, it is teacher grading day and because I don't grade any of the students I didn't have to come in to school. So instead I went to the beach again. I had a small picnic and swam sat along the shore with the waves crashing up on me. I was exited that I was getting to spend so much time with Penut. He is feeling so much better from his tick fever. It was a lazy day for the most part. When I got home I took a nap before dance class. I really to love my Latin dance class, it is so much fun and some of my best local friends from Grenada are their. After class me and two of my friends went home and cooked a big pot of Pilow (rice, chicken and juice). Just as the pot was finishing up the gas ran out :( ohhhh that sucked. Friday is a public holiday so I cant go and get any tomorrow. Thank goodness for bread and cheeses. It was a late night just up talking and hanging out.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Day # 271 Special ED Training
Wednesday
I need to find someone in my school who is going to communicate with me on what all of these events are and when. I am so tiered of showing up to school and it being a public holiday NO school, or trainings that are not called trainings. They called today teacher development day but did not give me any specifics on what that was. I was not informed and I missed it. Si I talked to a teacher at my school and he told me what they talked about and caught me up. They talked about implementing a new low involving incident reports. Any ways I didn't do a hole lot. I worked around the house and went to the beach with soca and penut. I wanted to introduce the two of them. It was a good first try. They did ok Socas so small compared to Penut so she was a but scared. My friend also moved into a new apartment so we went and hung out with her for a little bit.
I need to find someone in my school who is going to communicate with me on what all of these events are and when. I am so tiered of showing up to school and it being a public holiday NO school, or trainings that are not called trainings. They called today teacher development day but did not give me any specifics on what that was. I was not informed and I missed it. Si I talked to a teacher at my school and he told me what they talked about and caught me up. They talked about implementing a new low involving incident reports. Any ways I didn't do a hole lot. I worked around the house and went to the beach with soca and penut. I wanted to introduce the two of them. It was a good first try. They did ok Socas so small compared to Penut so she was a but scared. My friend also moved into a new apartment so we went and hung out with her for a little bit.
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Day # 269 &270 Another small cold
Monday
I feel like since I have been in Grenada my colds have hit me at the worst times. This week school is only in session two and a half days, due to trainings for teachers and grading day. Sunday night before I went to bed I started to feel a head ache coming so I thought maybe I was dehydrated, I drank a bunch of water and took some IB Pro-fin. When I woke up this morning I had the worst headache behind my eyes that I didn't even want to open my eyes. I took some more IB Pro-fin and drank some more water. I had no change a half and hour latter so I had to call in for that day. I did nothing but keep a cool cloth on my eyes all day. It was not a productive day at all. I hate those days. I couldn't even paint bottles.
Tuesday
I dont understand how I went from a headache to a runny nose, scratchy eyes and throat. It was another day in bed doing nothing. Rain has been falling so much here I am wondering if that has something to do with e getting sick so much. In Grenada people believe that several things will make you sick, sleeping with wet hair, or being out in the rain. I got to bed all of the time with wet hair and walk in the rain because its so hot here that I feel the need to cool off. Who knows maybe some of what I think are their myths are true and it just depends on the place you are.
I feel like since I have been in Grenada my colds have hit me at the worst times. This week school is only in session two and a half days, due to trainings for teachers and grading day. Sunday night before I went to bed I started to feel a head ache coming so I thought maybe I was dehydrated, I drank a bunch of water and took some IB Pro-fin. When I woke up this morning I had the worst headache behind my eyes that I didn't even want to open my eyes. I took some more IB Pro-fin and drank some more water. I had no change a half and hour latter so I had to call in for that day. I did nothing but keep a cool cloth on my eyes all day. It was not a productive day at all. I hate those days. I couldn't even paint bottles.
Tuesday
I dont understand how I went from a headache to a runny nose, scratchy eyes and throat. It was another day in bed doing nothing. Rain has been falling so much here I am wondering if that has something to do with e getting sick so much. In Grenada people believe that several things will make you sick, sleeping with wet hair, or being out in the rain. I got to bed all of the time with wet hair and walk in the rain because its so hot here that I feel the need to cool off. Who knows maybe some of what I think are their myths are true and it just depends on the place you are.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Day # 268 and 269 rest and beach
Saturday
so I am one of those people who have to get 8 hours of sleep to function properly, because we where out so late or should I say early in the morning, I had to catch up on some sleep. Thats what I did most of the day. When I got up it was a lazy day watched some movies and played with the dog.
Sunday
I took the dog to the beach and discovered that she can swim. Wow she is a good swimmer and I dont think that i have ever seen a dog learn to swim so fast. You just put them in and they are off. People in the states say that some dogs cant swim, JUST PUT THEM IN!!!!! Soca flowed me around in the water for like 30 min. Mind you she is small I had to keep the rope on her so she would not float away. It was a good day, Nothing much ells followed. besides more rest.
so I am one of those people who have to get 8 hours of sleep to function properly, because we where out so late or should I say early in the morning, I had to catch up on some sleep. Thats what I did most of the day. When I got up it was a lazy day watched some movies and played with the dog.
Sunday
I took the dog to the beach and discovered that she can swim. Wow she is a good swimmer and I dont think that i have ever seen a dog learn to swim so fast. You just put them in and they are off. People in the states say that some dogs cant swim, JUST PUT THEM IN!!!!! Soca flowed me around in the water for like 30 min. Mind you she is small I had to keep the rope on her so she would not float away. It was a good day, Nothing much ells followed. besides more rest.
Day # 267 ONE at a Time
Friday
I am trying a new approach to the bottle painting at white cane. Due to the fact that nothing has been sold yet and they have the basic ideas down I want to start working on sellable bottles. So I had two people that day that I was working with. Each one got a bottle and told me that they wanted to work on nutmegs. So I decided that we are going to work on one bottle for each person every friday. I think if we can get one bottle ready to be sold or almost ready we will be starting to make progress. So we went step by step with colors and cleaning up each thing that they painted. I was so exited to see some of the finished bottles and even the ones that where close. I think it made a big difference in helping them learn and getting the job done.
when I went home it was relaxing and then getting ready to go and dance. Me and my dance partner have been getting to much better at dancing together and and adding some new moves. It feels good to be improving. After we danced the group went to the beach and had a cook out. oh man I saw one of the biggest bots of pilow (rice, cooked chicken, split pees) I have ever seen in my life. We had a small speaker that we plugged a flash drive into ad played music. It was so much fun if you looked at us as a group from far away you would know we were a dance group, all of us dancing around and showing off are moves. When we were all hot we got in the nice cool water. It was a fun and supper late night on the beach.
I am trying a new approach to the bottle painting at white cane. Due to the fact that nothing has been sold yet and they have the basic ideas down I want to start working on sellable bottles. So I had two people that day that I was working with. Each one got a bottle and told me that they wanted to work on nutmegs. So I decided that we are going to work on one bottle for each person every friday. I think if we can get one bottle ready to be sold or almost ready we will be starting to make progress. So we went step by step with colors and cleaning up each thing that they painted. I was so exited to see some of the finished bottles and even the ones that where close. I think it made a big difference in helping them learn and getting the job done.
when I went home it was relaxing and then getting ready to go and dance. Me and my dance partner have been getting to much better at dancing together and and adding some new moves. It feels good to be improving. After we danced the group went to the beach and had a cook out. oh man I saw one of the biggest bots of pilow (rice, cooked chicken, split pees) I have ever seen in my life. We had a small speaker that we plugged a flash drive into ad played music. It was so much fun if you looked at us as a group from far away you would know we were a dance group, all of us dancing around and showing off are moves. When we were all hot we got in the nice cool water. It was a fun and supper late night on the beach.
Day# 266 Home visit
Thursday
Today the schools rally that the teachers could attend if they wanted to. I decided that I was going to go because I was not going to be teaching anyways that day and I had a home visit later that day. In the morning I did some finishing touches to the apartment, it was a very hot day onside. When I started asking what the rally or convention was that I had thought about going to it became something I was not interested in. The credit unions around town came to talk to the teachers, not really my kind of thing especially when I was going to be sitting in the hot sun. I didn't end up going. But When it was time for my home visit I was really exited to get and sit and talk about what I had been up to, how things where going and such. I felt like I was abel to be completely honest and get good feedback. It was like a two and a half hour meeting. When that was over I took a short nap and got ready for dance class. Oh man dance class was good. We are learning to much, but being repetitive so we are good at what we are doing. It was a grate night.
Today the schools rally that the teachers could attend if they wanted to. I decided that I was going to go because I was not going to be teaching anyways that day and I had a home visit later that day. In the morning I did some finishing touches to the apartment, it was a very hot day onside. When I started asking what the rally or convention was that I had thought about going to it became something I was not interested in. The credit unions around town came to talk to the teachers, not really my kind of thing especially when I was going to be sitting in the hot sun. I didn't end up going. But When it was time for my home visit I was really exited to get and sit and talk about what I had been up to, how things where going and such. I felt like I was abel to be completely honest and get good feedback. It was like a two and a half hour meeting. When that was over I took a short nap and got ready for dance class. Oh man dance class was good. We are learning to much, but being repetitive so we are good at what we are doing. It was a grate night.
Day #265 Division
Wednesday
School has become interesting, in some classes they don't want me to teach arts and crafts they want me to help them doctorate the classroom. this is understandable some of the time but I don't want them to make a routine out of it because that is not what I am their for. So today I was in the level 2 classes. I helped the teachers draw bats, pumpkins and witches. I found this to be interesting because people in Grenada don't really celebrate Hollowed. I discovered yesterday talking to one of the teachers that the school that I am at has a big divide between the senior and joiner teachers. Everything is a competition, even who works in the garden can become a conflict between staff. That is why teachers made it a big deal to see who can have the best decorated classroom. Its like walking threw high school all over agin, people in clicks all over the place gossiping and being immature. I don't understand but I am new so maybe some day I will understand. Any ways it was a long day of sitting and cutting out stuff. After school no a hole lot happened I finished cleaning and washing cloths for the inspection tomorrow.
School has become interesting, in some classes they don't want me to teach arts and crafts they want me to help them doctorate the classroom. this is understandable some of the time but I don't want them to make a routine out of it because that is not what I am their for. So today I was in the level 2 classes. I helped the teachers draw bats, pumpkins and witches. I found this to be interesting because people in Grenada don't really celebrate Hollowed. I discovered yesterday talking to one of the teachers that the school that I am at has a big divide between the senior and joiner teachers. Everything is a competition, even who works in the garden can become a conflict between staff. That is why teachers made it a big deal to see who can have the best decorated classroom. Its like walking threw high school all over agin, people in clicks all over the place gossiping and being immature. I don't understand but I am new so maybe some day I will understand. Any ways it was a long day of sitting and cutting out stuff. After school no a hole lot happened I finished cleaning and washing cloths for the inspection tomorrow.
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