Wow, a second entry in just under two weeks...I am feeling proud, especially considering my horrible track record in keeping things up to date. Well, on with it...
This last week has been pretty ok. I am finally on my way to having a set schedule and routine, which will last at least until Christmas time. It's a start. I am going to be helping out with at least 2, if not 3, English classes at the secondary school...I am going to sit with the teachers next Tuesday to try and work out with the third class actually meets. Even they don't know for sure. I have already started back with the 5th form, which consists of all the amazing kids I worked with in the 4th form last year. They make me almost as happy as I make them. I love those kids to death. They were so glad to see me when I walked in there was cheering and applause and they all jumped up to give me a hug! It was great, an amazing feeling after a few weeks of feeling kind of crappy. I have also promised a few kids that I would be coming to their class this year too, hence the other 2 classes that I am trying to work out. Next week should get it all worked out, or at least I hope so.
Frankly, my Sunchild classes have kind of gone to hell. Because of the weather, a lot of the kids (90%) have not been showing up to classes, and a few of the older kids are being distracting and giving me some trouble. We make plans, they say they will be there, I do all this work to plan a great class and then no one shows up. Or, they show up and then refuse to do anything. It is mildly ridiculous, actually, scratch the mildly it is just ridiculous. It doesn't help that I am really not happy with Sunchild right now anyway. They basically see me as an employee that they can boss around..and more importantly as a way to get out of paying an Armenian to teach English and lead the classes. Yup, English classes...and I am NOT an English volunteer, I am an Environmental one. Basically, I am taking someone's job. Which, by the way, is against everything that the Peace Corps stands for. I told them about 5 months ago that I was going to stop teaching English unless they found someone to teach with me, and that has not happened and they have made it known that it will not. լավ չի (not good), what will happen when I leave in 10 months?? Totally unsustainable...which makes me think that they really have no idea what the Peace Corps program is all about. It is cool though, my program director and the Peace Corps know all about it, and are completely on my side about the situation. We will see what happens. Honestly, if it weren't for the awesomeness of most of the kids that I work with, I probably would have stopped working with them a long time ago.
Oh snap! The downpour just stopped...so I am going to run and pick up a package at the Post office!!
Miss you all!
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