Now the glitz and glamour of just arriving has begun to wear off, I was introduced into the first day of school. Thinking it would be similar to school at home, i woke up at 6:50am....but the sun wasn't even up! So I continued to get ready like i would at home. Shave, Shower, Clothes on. Came back downstairs almost all ready to go to find Tom and Will in their dressing gowns looking like they had only just woke up. Slowly but surely we left out the door at 8:35 to head to their school Dene Magna.
Dene Magna is a small public school consisting of around 500 students consisting of many similar personalities to Australia, such as the loud mouth, the quiet kid, the opinionated person etc. I was greeted by the school Principle Mr Brady where he informed me all about the school and my role for the next 7 weeks. Once we had our introductions he showed me to my first class which was English with Mrs Meek. Mrs Meek is the Head of English and stated that I could either watch from a distance or just jump straight in helping out with novel work. Since it was the first lesson I kicked back and observed how everybody worked.
The second lesson I had that day was Maths with Mr. Jones. He was really excited to meet an Australian and immediately asked me to introduce myself to his class and got me to help him teach some maths to his class. I absolutely enjoyed it. The sudden intensity of teaching a brand new class really was exciting and pushed my limits considering I myself only just left school. But it really goes to show that if you have enough confidence you can be anything.
Once this lesson finished I moved along to my first tea break. This was spent in the Teacher Aide office where I got to know some of the teachers on a first name basis. Whilst every teacher in the school was drinking some tea, I was sipping on some good ol water.
The next bell went where i headed to my next Math lesson with Mr Macdonald. This lesson was on the opposite extreme of exciting. In a nutshell he sat me down and I did nothing whilst he taught. No introductions or anything. But thats alright.
At lunch the awareness of my arrival grew excessively as massive clusters of girls gathered round from all grades to listen to my voice and to constantly tell me how fit I was. Turns out Fit means good looking and not overly athletic. I'm enjoying the publicity thus far with many people to meet.
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