Right. Last week, I began my first School Placement (induction week). The school is Hillcrest Girls School and (mixed) Sixth Form College. Fortunately, it is not too far from home (and, yes, it is on a hill), so not far, actually, that I can even walk there! Of course, it does take at least half an hour, but hey, at least, I am fully awake when I get there. This week is half term, meaning that the kids are on holiday, but we, oh so lucky PGCE students, aren’t. So, instead of wandering aimlessly in the streets in B’ham, we just go back to the University, and see our dear tutor, Carmen D’Arcy. (Who, by the way, was in a foul mood yesterday morning... Ooooh, scary)
So, on the 30th of October, we begin our school placement “for real”. The timetable is ok: I’ve got about ten hours a week of teaching, but the evil English thing is: we can’t leave the school even though we are not teaching. This means that even when I don’t work on Mondays (every other week), I still can’t plan a long weekend. Arghh. Stupid English people.
Still, the school is nice. There are about 700 pupils (I think), and the staff is quite ok on average. Well, the language teachers are mostly cool and supportive. There is even a handsome German assistant...
But the most important thing that has happened during the last message is: Abel came to Birmingham for a weekend! And, you know what? He’s coming again next weekend!!! Of course, then I won’t see him again in seven weeks, which is WAY too long, but well, don’t really have a choice there, unfortunately. I still haven’t found a decent birthday present for him too, but I am still looking, and I will be going to the city centre tomorrow again: somebody told me about a toy shop, and I’ve got to see if they could possibly have nice things for Abel. Still, I already got a T-shirt and two little puzzles, but that’s not nearly enough for my little angel (wow, I’m going sentimental there). Got to compensate for the absence, right?
Whatever. You know what? I should have the internet next weekend. Isn’t that BRILLIANT!? I just can’t wait! Of course, I assume there will be a problem which will probably mean that it won’t work until another week or two, but hey, it’s still an improvement, isn’t it?
Ok, enough rambling! See you at Christmas! I’ll be in France from the 17th of December to the 7th of January, and I just can’t wait...
Bizzzzzzzz
... AlineBy the way, abel also has his own blog:http://abel.rmcinfo.fr/
How cool is that???? (sorry, no idea how to make a shorcut)
