As the Bell Rings

Wednesday was the first day of school. However, I sat in the staff room and read through the text books in the school that’s a block away, Hunyadi. Exhilarating I know! Thursday I went to the other school, OC, and observed Eva’s classes, an English teacher at the school. Friday was a big day, I had 1st and 2nd graders all by myself! Man that was tiring! The 2nd graders knew more English than I had anticipated so they flew through the lesson plan. We played some fun games and made through anyway! The 1st graders on the other hand did not know much, at all. It proved very difficult and those were the two longest 45 minutes of my life. Hopefully this Friday will be better! Tuesday I had a 5th and 6th grade class by myself and that went really well! The 6th grade students I have from that class consist of about 8 boys. They are a lot of fun. They haven’t gotten to that rotten age of being too cool to talk to the teacher or pay attention.
On Thursday I had to call Olgi and tell her that my toilet was broken! There was water standing around the bottom of it and that’s not right! After a couple of visits from Hungarian men who speak no English, my toilet was officially fixed as of Monday! And I would just like to say that no the toilet breaking had anything to do with me (Uncle John!). I’m getting pretty good at lighting my gas stove, which makes dinner a lot easier. Unfortunately, it does not make grocery shopping easier. I’m still real nervous to go up to the meat counter.
Haven’t met many people in Nyírbátor that speak English very well which means I get a little bored sometimes. I'm still trying to learn their language as well, but probably not working as hard as I should be! I’ve seen more American movies and television dubbed in Hungarian than I care to admit! I did get to watch the Emmy’s, even if it was a couple of days later and with subtitles it was still nice! Saturday I walked around Nyírbátor a little and got to “see the sights” so to speak. I’ll put some more pictures up! It’s been pretty chilly here, fall has begun, and stayed in the 60s during the day and the 40s at night! Burr. They don’t turn my heat on until mid-October so hopefully it doesn’t get much colder before that! I’m going to Budapest this weekend to meet up with some friends from CETP and I’m really excited to have a fluid conversation in English!!