GGRRRRRRRR

Very tired and pissed off. As per usual I found myself contesting things and as per usual I find it exhausting, but that I cannot sleep Having booked my holidays I now find that there are two lots of training going on over the holidays. The training I expected which is in Bishkek  mid week and the training that I had not expected which is in Shabdan where I live which is nice but it is for when I am on holiday. So I am now under great pressure to come to change my holiday again and come to that. However, I think we need to have some training that bridges the Russian and Kirgyz and English aspects of the school in order to avoid problems like the following:

Having arrived at school at 10 to prepare for my 11.15 lesson I find that the teacher in 2A still has not been told that my timetable has changed so I am not teaching her class at 10.30   This time I
manage to convince her, but as I go to the teach 2B at 11.15 the head asks if I am going on the expedition. Which expedition I ask pointedly?  In turns out all the children are going out today so my lesson has been rescheduled. I decide to go with them because at least that way they can get some English words or could have.  Because I have just gone to their classroom to see why they are not ready only to find that they have gone already!!. Which is why I have time to write this.

The only good thing is that I used the discussion to establish if there is an event for Autumn and yes it turns out last day of term that the parents are all coming to see their children and all the other teachers have prepared something except me because I did not get informed about it.  I just hope I can get the kids to understand the material today and that way we might have something to present.


Update: just went to dinner and the kids who I thought were at the river were there but now they have gone to the river, but I have to teach year one so I cannot go. However, whilst downing my delicious soup tried to be more sanguine and remind myself that these things happen if you do not speak the language and it was my choice to put myself in this position. Yes I have to remind my head that I am not the average teacher, I need a lot more hand holding and I feel that I have tried to do this, but as anyone who say takes a volunteer on, these things take much more energy and need a lot more understanding than most people think and someone recruited to save time and effort actually often take more time and effort.

Update on update, I have just gone to the teach year one and they are on the expedition too, so I am buggering off home.

Update on update on update: half way home remembered I was supposed to teach the year twos but could not remember when so headed back just as year one arrived so taught them and then taught one of 2 year group and then my after school classes so now I really am buggering off and need to remember to tell the hotel not to feed me as I am so full I cannot cope.