The First Week and a Half

So I’ve been in the school for a week and a half, and it’s been great. The kids are wonderful, my coworkers are wonderful, my department is wonderful, and everyone told me how amazing my department was with me gone =) Which is good to hear that they’re all competent and amazing teachers =)

What is not so great is waking up at 4:30 every morning to catch a 5:15 train to Stockholm. But, hopefully my classes will settle down soon enough, and I will be able to start looking for a place in Stockholm =) That would be nice.

The school is very different from my last school, and its great. The kids and the teachers all have very clear routines, so there aren’t many misunderstandings or blame-games being played among either the kids or the staff – at least not so far, everything starts off well =P I hope it continues though =)

Being Head of Department isn’t as hard as I thought it would be – yet. I’m sure it will get more challenging later, but for now, the most annoying thing is chasing down our stuff! We ordered a lot of stuff, and we haven’t gotten it yet, or other departments have taken it because no one knew it was ours at the time…which is kinda poopy, but oh wells, we won’t die because of it =)

A New Year

First. I suck at keeping this updated, sorry. =(

This time though, it was because the last year was such a train wreck, I don’t think I could have posted anything remotely nice about the school, with the exception of a few coworkers, and of course hilarious students. It was so terrible, I went on stress leave once, and had to threaten the principal with a second one…she claimed she was unaware of what was going on, despite being included in emails, every day, for a month, from more people than just me, asking for support. Which is ironic, since initially I thought the year would be so stress-free.

SO! I decided to leave the school, and was planning on returning to Canada for a delightful year of whatever-job-I-could-find and wedding planning. Only, I was highly encouraged to apply for a Head of Department position at a new school opening up. So I did.

I got it. It took a while, since I had a few unfortunate demands (seriously, I would’t have hired me, I wanted to start late, due to family commitments, and end early, due to wedding planning, and the date already being set) which really, who would want THAT in a head of department, at a brand new school. Thankfully, there was no one else =P MUAHAHAHAHA so MONTHS after I had initially been rejected, and asked to please apply again next year, I got the job =)

SO! I worked all of July, since I couldn’t work August, to prepare for the upcoming year, and now, finally I am back.

I begin, with students, on Monday =) I’m quite excited.