7am: Alarm goes off, get up hit snooze, fall back to sleep.
7.10: Alarm goes off. Turn off and get up. Turn on kettle thing (electric pot jar) and electric shower. Grab towel and have shower.
7.20: Slightly more awake after shower, make coffee, eat something.
7.25: School blares crap music out of tannoy. This continues till 8am.
7.55: Leave house and head for work. Kids rush to assembly where they sing the national anthem and raise the Thai flag, some announcements also made. All in thai so i stop going after a week.
8am: Sign in and head for MEP room. Hop on the net and check emails.
8.30: First period starts. I only have this one on fridays so i usually stay on the internet or plan a lesson.
9.20-11: Maybe have class, try to teach Math/English/Science to Thai kids who giggle a lot. Ask a question and get blank looks in response.
11am: Lunch time. Head down to canteen and get a meal for about 15 baht. Lots of "hello teacher" and "good morning teacher" on the way there and back. Oh and lots of giggling of course.
11.50-4pm: Same as before lunch. Maybe have class, usually plan lessons when not teaching. Spend a lot of time on the internet. Occasionally dragged in front of a class to speak. I stay in the MEP room all day as that is where the internet is. Classes run all day in there so sometimes i get called to participate in the class.
4pm: Hometime! Sign out at front desk. "good morning teacher" + giggles.
4.05: Arrive home and flake out on bed. Read and relax, shower and change.
6pm: Go in search of dinner at the market or the few vendors around the corner from the school.
6.30: After dinner just wander around for a bit, maybe hit the internet cafe (in which all the kids play WoW style games).
8pm: Arrive back home and listen to music for a bit while reading.
9.30: Shower and bed time!
So far this is my routine but hopefully i will get a tv soon so less wandering around in the evenings and more sitting around watching crap tv!
Dont get stuck watching TV. You can do that at home.
ReplyDelete