Hey , I got one of those!
I have been having parent conferences this week, which has been fun for various reasons. Today, I found out my new student from south Africa who has been with our class for three weeks is developing an American accent. She says "wawter" instead of "wahter."
It has been amusing to teach students from all over. They are four years old and hald speak English fluently. For the letter "N" Show nTell, a British boy brought in a picture of his Nana. One of my youngest French students, chimed in, "Hey I got one of those at my house."
Traveling to Geneva each day I have honed in on a specific routine, although I am starting to feel like a vampire. I get up at 5:30, leave the apartment 6:00. If I leave at 6:05 I run the two blocks to the bus stop. The bus picks me up and I take off my coat and cover my head, so I can doze the 15 minutes til I get to the train station. Once there, I walk all the way to one end of the platform so that when the train pulls in the cars will not have many people in them. Once aboard, I find a double open seat, lay my backpack down on the arm rest, take off my shoes and again I cover my head to divert any artifical light that may try to wake the part of my brain still asleep. 30 minutes later, I hear "Prochain arret , Geneve, " and then the German, "Nexte halte, Gump." After a specific jerk in the tracks, I come out from under the darkness and put my coat on , grab my backpack and walk back one train so that when it stops, I am close to the escalator. Usually, I run about 2-3 minutes, to catch the tram before it leaves, so I wont have to wait ten minutes. Within 15 minutes I am right in front of the International School of Geneve, It is now 7:30 am. And this is how I start my day!
It has been amusing to teach students from all over. They are four years old and hald speak English fluently. For the letter "N" Show nTell, a British boy brought in a picture of his Nana. One of my youngest French students, chimed in, "Hey I got one of those at my house."
Traveling to Geneva each day I have honed in on a specific routine, although I am starting to feel like a vampire. I get up at 5:30, leave the apartment 6:00. If I leave at 6:05 I run the two blocks to the bus stop. The bus picks me up and I take off my coat and cover my head, so I can doze the 15 minutes til I get to the train station. Once there, I walk all the way to one end of the platform so that when the train pulls in the cars will not have many people in them. Once aboard, I find a double open seat, lay my backpack down on the arm rest, take off my shoes and again I cover my head to divert any artifical light that may try to wake the part of my brain still asleep. 30 minutes later, I hear "Prochain arret , Geneve, " and then the German, "Nexte halte, Gump." After a specific jerk in the tracks, I come out from under the darkness and put my coat on , grab my backpack and walk back one train so that when it stops, I am close to the escalator. Usually, I run about 2-3 minutes, to catch the tram before it leaves, so I wont have to wait ten minutes. Within 15 minutes I am right in front of the International School of Geneve, It is now 7:30 am. And this is how I start my day!
posted by DFisch at 11:51 AM
3 Comments:
Well, I don't feel so bad about my 20 minute commute to the office! Do you get a break for Christmas? Lots of love,
Ava
I actually feel your is probably harder, because mine is just a matter of time. I don't have to drive, which I don't miss one bit.
Love ya Ava
Diana
I do get a break but a week later than the girls. so Dave is taking the girls to Ft. Myers, while I finish my work week. I do have quite a nive long break, but when we checked air fares, they were three times the price during that period of time.
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