not even kind of in the swing of things yet...

so it´s the 4th day of school, and things are going slowly. not necessarily in a bad way, just in a literal way. i have made sooo many attempts at lining kids up, having them try again, and then repeatedly telling at them to do what i ask them to, while all the time wondering if they even understand me in the first place. it´s so hard to know where to start, and not only because they are recent kindergarten graduates and not used to real school. from what i can gather, they understand english actually fairly well. most of them, that is. and then there are a few who give me blank stares on a regular basis, and i just don´t know what they know. i wish they didn`t know that i knew spanish, becuase that would force them to use what little english they had. because the problem is that they cannot speak in english. they´ll generally ask me something in spanish (which is actually helpful as i know what they´re looking for) but then i demand 'english please!' with a smile. then they either walk away (i pull them back, don`t worry) or say something like 'water?' which i suppose is a start. it`s so interesting, though, and i`m learning a ton of new things. should i decide to continue teaching 1st grade next year, i´m relatively certain that it´ll be far easier the 2nd time around. i´m having fun with the kids... they`re absolutely adorable.

i´ll post pictures (and update more!) when my harddrive gets here from the states. i haven`t had such good luck with technology so far! this`ll change, i`m hoping, and then i can be more consistent and more organized. :) i`d better go plan... my kids are almost done with spanish class!