Day 6

Today was our first day in the schools. It was a nice walk to the school and once we got here we realized that we can leave a little later in the mornings. Everyone is on Belizean time so we were kind of early. The school is very laid back and everyone is so willing to help you. When we got here we got our assignments to which grade level we will have. I have standard 5 and 6 which is like 6th to 8th grade. The students age range is 11-14 and I only have nine of them. I have three that are in standard 6 and six that are in standard 5. The students here are so loving and nice. They like to run up to you and give you hugs. For this week they are doing their examinations so there is not much teaching. The time that they took their exams allowed me to get to know my teacher a little bit more. She is my age and has been teaching for almost three years now. I found out that she has a lot of responsibilites within the school. Her lesson plans are very similar to mine along with her objectives. I found out that because of her lesson plans she is the one who helps the other teachers with theirs and make sure they are doing them correctly. Overall it was a very laid back and interesting day.