Monday Test

First relaxed day in Paradise. I was hoping for a lie in but I was abruptly woken by the house maid at 8:30 as she was convinced that since I was not up by this time, I must be ill. I eventually persuaded her I was fine and leisurely strolled into the centre town, which is about a 5 minute walk. Every monday the kids have a test to see how they are coping and so I spent a couple of hours constructing test consisting of irregular verbs in the past tense. It was at this point I realised how much easier it is to learn english as a foreign language compared to french or spanish. Lucky buggars. Yet some of them are still useless. Public humiliation awaits. After I'd done that I returned back home for a lunch of surprisingly, rice and chicken. Now don't get me wrong, I am very grateful for the food they cook me and it's really tasty, but I don't think I've seen a vegetable my entire stay here and surely they must get bored of rice from time to time? Maybe they will, who knows.

My lessons start, at the moment, at 4 and end at 6. However a few volunteers are leaving and so I will have to take at least one more class which is fine, unless its the youngest (6-8 year olds) as I'm not sure my patience would last the full hour. Anyway we will see what happens. the 14-16 year old class weren't best pleased with the fact they had a test but it only made it more enjoyable passing them all out. I had given them a weekend to go over the content and so really they had only themselves to blame. After they'd all finished I let them play hangman as a treat and they bloody loved it. I then spent a couple of hours marking them. It's interesting to see a clear pattern emerge, where they all seem to understand some rules but fundamentally don't understand basic things so I will have to spend at least one lesson going over that. I've also been told I'm going to have to start working out who to put down a class and who to put up which is going to be difficult. I hate making those decisions. But such is life.

In other news, you will all be incredibly relieved to know that my sunburn is clearing up and very slowly I'm losing my pale british complexion. I'd also like to take this chance to give a shout out to my little bro Alfie who turns 13 tomorrow. You're a teenager now mate and there are going to be a few changes but don't worry it's all normal. Have a great day bro, sorry I can't be there!

Right then, that's it for now. Until next time amigos.