Saturday, January 30, 2010

FRIDAY, done with TEFL!!!

Our last day of TEFL!!! First things first, I used the printer at school to print out our Barca tickets. I don’t know when else I’ll see a printer! Now I TOTALLY need to get some gear! Also, on the ticket, it says the game is on Saturday. Previously, they hadn’t decided if it was on Saturday or Sunday. I am excited about that because I’m thinking of leaving Barcelona on Sunday.
Our first lesson was on using videos in the classroom as a listening/visual aid. Then we had our last trip to Paul, the bakery. I had a chocolate donut, of course.
Here’s my whole class: Mikaela, Steph, Laura, Dalia, Petr, me, and Charlie on the floor.
For our second lesson slot, we filled in a course evaluation and then had free time. We went to El Fornet for tea and then back to school for our certificates. I got a B in teaching practice. Mikaela and Steph both got A's. I was a little bummed, but I probably don't deserve better. My performance on the course wasn't as great as I know I can be. Also, the places that I've seen that care about grades just want something above a C so a B will do me. The main thing is that I got the certificate. I got A's in theory and professionalism.
Then our whole class went out to lunch at a Lebanese restaurant. We had a good time just chatting and being normal with each other, outside of the pressures of TEFL. We talked a bit about Korea. I’m discovering that it’s an experience I’m proud of. I knew I enjoyed it, but I didn’t really realize before how much it said about me as a person.
Then I went home for a nap. Tomorrow, I need to take a picture of my certificate and start sending it to people to apply for jobs. I need a future! But for today, I decided to just have fun.
I went over to Steph and Mikaela’s. Mikaela has been moody and was locked into her room. Steph and I went to the crepe place that I went to on Tuesday. We had ham and cheese crepes and I had a waffle with the most amazing chocolate sauce EVER on it. She had gelato.
Then we went back to her house briefly before heading out to the bars in the square above mine, Placa del Sol. We went to Sol de Nit because it had music flowing out into the square and lots of people inside. It was sort of dark and reasonably cheap and there was a table for us to sit at. There was also a little reddish Spaniel running around. We got to pet it. The Swedes texted us that they were coming to meet us but only ended up saying a brief hello before continuing to a club. We went to a club called El Dorado in the square but I really didn't like it. There were creepy people and it was really smoky. In both places, my eyes stung from the smoke.
When I got home, my clothes and hair reaked of cigarettes. It's the first time I've really had trouble with that. I did have a fun night overall, though.

2 comments:

  1. A good class overall. I'm so glad that you chose Barcelona.

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  2. me too! barcelona was(is) a great place to be!

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