Today was our first day of orientation and it was filled with paperwork. I am trying to NOT freak out about all the administration duties of just being a non-European Union person. We have to fill out a ton of paperwork to have a visa, to have medical insurance, to have a social security number here (but for the life of me I can’t figure out what the hell for) and to get paid. We basically spent about 4 hours filling out paperwork together and getting a little information about our actual schools and dates we are working. The great news is that there is no primary school on Wednesdays so I will always have Sunday, Wednesday and Saturdays off. The bad news is that my city’s coordinator apparently couldn’t come to our orientation today so the Spanish girl Marina and I have no idea what schools we are working with, how many classes we are teaching, what days and at what times. Apparently, Vincent, our coordinator for our specific region is going to email us all of this information as well as set up a time next week for us to see and meet our school people. How nice that the guy couldn’t SHOW UP on the very first day. I have known for over 2 months that I needed to be at this first day of orientation but apparently, it wasn’t that important for my city’s coordinator. I was and still am NOT at all happy about that. While everyone else got to find out what days they work and how many schools and all that other cool stuff, Marina and I just sat there waiting for that portion of the day to be over.
Other than kind of waiting for this first day of orientation, I have not been up to much besides helping Dawn move into her new apartment and lugging 2 huge suitcases up 4 flights of spiral stairs. That was awesome and fun. Let me tell you….
Did you know that it is the norm here to have colored toilet paper? It is actually relatively difficult to find just plain old white (American) toilet paper.
Your British word of the day lesson: Tea towels = Kitchen towels. In a sentence: I have to buy some tea towels to dry the dishes.
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Sorry to hear the orientation was disappointing. Can't wait to hear more about your school.
This has been a crazy week but I will write you a real letter soon, I promise!
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