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I think I just hit my threshold for surprises. They just keep coming one after another! It's so distracting that I need to drop everything and blog.
I just learned that they've canceled my classes for next week. Again. Which means I'll have gone about a month without teaching by the time I get to teach the first years again on December 8th. This means I'll have taught a mere six classes since Halloween. This means that from Halloween until January 19th I will have taught only 18 classes. WTF. 18 classes? Really??
To give you some idea, I think teaching 10-15 classes PER WEEK is about average. I am teaching 18 classes PER SEASON. Why does this school get its own ALT? I wouldn't care if I was allowed to go home or do other things when I don't teach, but me sitting at my desk all day everyday for a month seems hardly worth anyone's time and money. I'm really damn good at working hard and being worthy, but now it's challenging for even me. From this moment onward I have officially decided to forgive myself of all future guilt. I will not stay late anymore and I will not worry about writing emails and blogs during work. I will do whatever I feel like. If they wanted me to work, they would give me work. If they judge me for this, it's kind of out of my hands now, isn't it?
Then immediately after I got back to my desk I checked my email and found that I need to write a campaign blurb. A few months ago I went to a meeting for our prefecture's ALT association and they said they were going to create a new position for a council member representing new ALTs. I'm really impressed by the group's organization and usefulness, I have some free time, and - what can I say - I like being a part of things. I wrote an email to inquire about the position but they said something about nominations coming up and that they'd talk about it for a while. Now I'm getting an email that there were 3 nominees (I guess I nominated myself when I inquired, but did everyone else also do that or do they have supporters already? Considering I don't really know anyone on the council and it appears they're the sole voters, I'm a little nervous). Still, I'm a very strong candidate, though I'm a little shocked that it proceeded in such a sudden and subtle way. I also thought it'd be a group thing and we'd talk about it at our next meeting, but apparently nominations are closed and things are moving. I guess I know what I'm doing after this blog entry.
Various other surprises and unexpected things keep popping up in good and bad ways. Few of them are Earth shattering, but it's enough to make me worry for the future. My calendar has one or more things written on every day from last week until after New Year's, so I'm a little apprehensive because if things keep popping up like this I'm going to hit my threshold for managing them. If you know me, you know I like to be prepared.
I just learned that they've canceled my classes for next week. Again. Which means I'll have gone about a month without teaching by the time I get to teach the first years again on December 8th. This means I'll have taught a mere six classes since Halloween. This means that from Halloween until January 19th I will have taught only 18 classes. WTF. 18 classes? Really??
To give you some idea, I think teaching 10-15 classes PER WEEK is about average. I am teaching 18 classes PER SEASON. Why does this school get its own ALT? I wouldn't care if I was allowed to go home or do other things when I don't teach, but me sitting at my desk all day everyday for a month seems hardly worth anyone's time and money. I'm really damn good at working hard and being worthy, but now it's challenging for even me. From this moment onward I have officially decided to forgive myself of all future guilt. I will not stay late anymore and I will not worry about writing emails and blogs during work. I will do whatever I feel like. If they wanted me to work, they would give me work. If they judge me for this, it's kind of out of my hands now, isn't it?
Then immediately after I got back to my desk I checked my email and found that I need to write a campaign blurb. A few months ago I went to a meeting for our prefecture's ALT association and they said they were going to create a new position for a council member representing new ALTs. I'm really impressed by the group's organization and usefulness, I have some free time, and - what can I say - I like being a part of things. I wrote an email to inquire about the position but they said something about nominations coming up and that they'd talk about it for a while. Now I'm getting an email that there were 3 nominees (I guess I nominated myself when I inquired, but did everyone else also do that or do they have supporters already? Considering I don't really know anyone on the council and it appears they're the sole voters, I'm a little nervous). Still, I'm a very strong candidate, though I'm a little shocked that it proceeded in such a sudden and subtle way. I also thought it'd be a group thing and we'd talk about it at our next meeting, but apparently nominations are closed and things are moving. I guess I know what I'm doing after this blog entry.
Various other surprises and unexpected things keep popping up in good and bad ways. Few of them are Earth shattering, but it's enough to make me worry for the future. My calendar has one or more things written on every day from last week until after New Year's, so I'm a little apprehensive because if things keep popping up like this I'm going to hit my threshold for managing them. If you know me, you know I like to be prepared.
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