Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Evening Walk and some classroom experience

I went for a walk around Ramla last night.  When I got back, the apartment was quiet.  I walked into our room, and it was a sauna.  I turned off the heat, moved the electric heater away from my bed, and went to sleep shortly after.  When I got up this morning, I plugged the heater back in and turned it on for Izy.  Hopefully he wasn't cold during the night when it was off.

Breakfast at the bakery across the street.  Nothing is that exciting there I have decided, have tried most of the croissants and leave every time disappointed.  I think the definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

Teaching was a mixed experience.  The first teacher asked us to work individually with students.  Turns out, mine lived in the United States previously, so english was not difficult for her at all.  We were taken to a second classroom after.  It was chaos.  The teacher had no presence, and little control.  They like to yell - the teachers - which doesn't work.  The kids are sensitized.  I catch their eyes, stare them down until they are quiet.

At one point, the teacher just walked out of the classroom on the phone, it's an emergency she said, and walked off.  I know enough hebrew to understand she was not dealing with an emergency when she was talking then.  She kept checking for messages and making calls.  I thought it was rude, and I am beginning to see where the classroom behavioral issues come from.

Ben and I left a bit early since we weren't thrilled entirely with wasting our time or babysitting while the teacher takes personal phones calls during class  .  Food shopping and back to the apartment for a glass of wine.

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