Going by train from Burgas to Sliven was really nice, I dare to say amazing :) This time the windows were clean, the train went quite fast, countryside was nice..:) I managed to talk to a drunk local, which was funny.
After my arrival, I was taken to school where I am supposed to teach. From outside it is a really good looking building, but inside it’s under reconstruction meaning there’s a lot of different dirt. Because of this, they have school in the afternoons, not in the mornings which is more student friendly time. :)
First thing in a classroom which took my attention were sharp edges of desks. The next one was the omnipresent chaos. I think chaos is something very typical for this south-eastern country. The kids are coming to the class even if it is 10-15 minutes after its beginning. They are also sometimes leaving lessons and coming back again in several minutes. I still don’t get it. Pupils seem not to be able to pay attention for more than 5 minutes. Well, it’s not surprising, because their English teacher is not speaking English much and her teaching can’t catch pupils‘ attention. I really don’t like this I-don’t-speak-English thing, because it makes impossible to communicate and I still don’t know what I’ll be doing here :(
In my opinion these Roma kids will be my challenge. On the other hand, within these two days I felt like a star, since everybody wanted to know who I am. White, young, pretty girl at school is something unusual for them, but I guess their interest will fade away soon. Sadly, they wanted to know a lot of things about me but didn’t have structures and vocabulary for asking me. So the teacher told some of the things in Bulgarian, so they now know that she’ll translate for them and they don’t have to try hard. :(
In the 8th grade, the boys really liked me and even some of them offered me „group sex“ – my Bulgarian suck but this was pretty obvious with their demonstration :-D When I was in this class, I wrote into my notebook: „Run, run, run away as long as it is possible...My life challenge is about to begin...“
I think I have never experienced such noisy classes in my life. Besides being noisy, the kids seem to be quite aggressive. I’m glad that I won’t be left alone with them :) (hopefully, because no-one really knows what can expect) I came back home with my head definitely bigger than it was before :-D On my way back home from school I was thinking about starting to drink alcohol. I can imagine myself having a glass of vodka every evening to make me feel better :)) I even found a hidden bottle of vodka in a cupboard in the living room ;-)
I managed to choose a nice flat. To be honest, this flat was offered to me by teachers from that school I’m observing now. Surprisingly it has everything I can need, including washing machine from Communistic era with encryption instead of clear description what does what :)
The funny thing about my flat is that even though it’s got heating, one can’t use it, because it’s not connected to any source of hot. I hope they don’t have cold winters here...:)
Weather is something I do like about Bulgaria. It’s almost sunny and warm every day. It’s nice change from Liberec’s rainy weather.
First thing in a classroom which took my attention were sharp edges of desks. The next one was the omnipresent chaos. I think chaos is something very typical for this south-eastern country. The kids are coming to the class even if it is 10-15 minutes after its beginning. They are also sometimes leaving lessons and coming back again in several minutes. I still don’t get it. Pupils seem not to be able to pay attention for more than 5 minutes. Well, it’s not surprising, because their English teacher is not speaking English much and her teaching can’t catch pupils‘ attention. I really don’t like this I-don’t-speak-English thing, because it makes impossible to communicate and I still don’t know what I’ll be doing here :(
In my opinion these Roma kids will be my challenge. On the other hand, within these two days I felt like a star, since everybody wanted to know who I am. White, young, pretty girl at school is something unusual for them, but I guess their interest will fade away soon. Sadly, they wanted to know a lot of things about me but didn’t have structures and vocabulary for asking me. So the teacher told some of the things in Bulgarian, so they now know that she’ll translate for them and they don’t have to try hard. :(
In the 8th grade, the boys really liked me and even some of them offered me „group sex“ – my Bulgarian suck but this was pretty obvious with their demonstration :-D When I was in this class, I wrote into my notebook: „Run, run, run away as long as it is possible...My life challenge is about to begin...“
I think I have never experienced such noisy classes in my life. Besides being noisy, the kids seem to be quite aggressive. I’m glad that I won’t be left alone with them :) (hopefully, because no-one really knows what can expect) I came back home with my head definitely bigger than it was before :-D On my way back home from school I was thinking about starting to drink alcohol. I can imagine myself having a glass of vodka every evening to make me feel better :)) I even found a hidden bottle of vodka in a cupboard in the living room ;-)
I managed to choose a nice flat. To be honest, this flat was offered to me by teachers from that school I’m observing now. Surprisingly it has everything I can need, including washing machine from Communistic era with encryption instead of clear description what does what :)
The funny thing about my flat is that even though it’s got heating, one can’t use it, because it’s not connected to any source of hot. I hope they don’t have cold winters here...:)
Weather is something I do like about Bulgaria. It’s almost sunny and warm every day. It’s nice change from Liberec’s rainy weather.
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