Busy, Busy, Busy

I'm back in Baku about to go out and "mentor" this week as the trainees begin their practicum teaching.  It will be interesting because just watching a lesson is always tough now.  I just want to jump in and teach it myself, especially when I get bored.  But it will be nice to get to know some more of the trainees!

Last week one of the trainees, Julie, came out to my site and watched my classes, came to lesson planning and clubs, etc.  We had a fun and very busy time, constantly going from one thing to the next.  She took a whole bunch of pictures, so the one to the right is of me teaching my 10th form (grade) class in my new classroom!  It's way better than my classroom from last year because it's like 2.5x the size and I've made some much better posters for it (you can see a few of them) and everything.  I'm still working on it, but it's coming together!

Now I'm off to Ceyranbatan so that I can visit my homestay family from last year before going to find my host family for this week of training.  I wish I could be staying with my family, but there are no trainees in Ceyranbatan this year, so I'll have to settle with just visiting for a few hours.  I would go stay a night at the end of my week here, but I have to rush back to site because Beth and I are having a Halloween party at my school!