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11 February 2007 06:28 amI have arrived in Boston, safe and sound. And all the students even made it through, too! There was a slightly hairy moment when our flight from London to Frankfurt was delayed enough that it looked like we might miss the connection, a moment made none the better by the unexpected and clearly temporary security check point set up between the two gates where we all had to take our shoes off and be groped by frightening German security people.
Still, here we are.
I am having an outrageous amount of fun so far. The students are all wonderful kids, so I am, of course, proceeding to be absolutely horrible to them. I mock, I make fun, I poke, and I generally badger. This is how I demonstrate affection, and the students are holding up well.
We went on a big walking tour yesterday, culminating in a trip up the Prudential Tower to the observation deck on top. I got some gorgeous pictures of Boston just as the sun was setting, which I will upload when I get home. We will being doing more walking and touring this morning, then swinging by to visit the Boston Aquarium this afternoon. Tomorrow we do Harvard and the JFK Memorial library, before heading off to New York on Wednesday.
In other news, there is STILL NO SNOW. Where do I have to bloody go to get some winter weather?
I say that, mind you, but on Thursday the all the schools in my district closed for a snow day. There was maybe three inches of snow, all of which melted by Friday morning.
I did my best not to mock. I made good use of the time, instead, and sorted and filed and put up a new display in my classroom and the like. In JEANS, because all the students were gone and so I didn't have to look pretty anymore.
And on that note, it's time to do the wake-up rounds. Being a teacher is FUN.
Still, here we are.
I am having an outrageous amount of fun so far. The students are all wonderful kids, so I am, of course, proceeding to be absolutely horrible to them. I mock, I make fun, I poke, and I generally badger. This is how I demonstrate affection, and the students are holding up well.
We went on a big walking tour yesterday, culminating in a trip up the Prudential Tower to the observation deck on top. I got some gorgeous pictures of Boston just as the sun was setting, which I will upload when I get home. We will being doing more walking and touring this morning, then swinging by to visit the Boston Aquarium this afternoon. Tomorrow we do Harvard and the JFK Memorial library, before heading off to New York on Wednesday.
In other news, there is STILL NO SNOW. Where do I have to bloody go to get some winter weather?
I say that, mind you, but on Thursday the all the schools in my district closed for a snow day. There was maybe three inches of snow, all of which melted by Friday morning.
I did my best not to mock. I made good use of the time, instead, and sorted and filed and put up a new display in my classroom and the like. In JEANS, because all the students were gone and so I didn't have to look pretty anymore.
And on that note, it's time to do the wake-up rounds. Being a teacher is FUN.
