I still really love what I'm doing here in Taiwan but I have definitely hit that point in the year where everything starts piling up on my desk and there doesn't seem to be enough time in the day. Next week I will be traveling with my math olympiad team to China for a whirlwind two day, one night competition. So this week I have been busy making sub plans and figuring out what to do with my four classes the two days I will be gone (not easy to do because I can't have them learn anything new due to the fact that I have English, history and art teachers covering my classes).
Unfortunately, I am not the only one missing school here or there. This week has also been a long parade of missed prep's since so many of my coworkers need to take off work for school related functions and that leaves the rest of us subbing for their classes. I truly believe in this philosophy, no outside subs, but it makes it tough when you are trying to use your prep's to get ready for when you need to leave!
At least we have the weekends to ourselves. Which normally is my saving grace; a time to shut myself in my room and not see, talk to, or think about students for an entire day and a half. However, this weekend also happens to be the weekend I am on duty AND I got stuck with library duty Friday night. Basically this means that tonight (Friday) after my five day work week, I will be the teacher in charge of a dozen or so failing students who are required to be in the library from 7-9 p.m. Then I will wake up tomorrow morning (Saturday) and teach for three hours. I will then go to lunch with the kids and at 1:30 chaperone whatever activity is planned for tomorrow afternoon. At 6:30 I will accompany all 167 students to a night market and return at 10:00 p.m. Sunday I continue supervising students from 1 p.m. till 4 p.m. and then Monday starts a new week.
Like the title of this blog suggests, if this week doesn't kill me, I really think I will live forever because nothing will!
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