As promised, I am writing today with an update on my residency card situation and with how my meeting went with my school.
Once again, I made no progression in obtaining my residency card today. This time I woke up at 3:30am to ensure I would be one of the first in line so that I could make it to my meeting later on in time. I arrived a few minutes after 4am, a whole hour before I arrived last Thursday, but this time the line was already SO long. I know that they don’t take more than 30 people a day, and when I counted I was number 33. So back to bed I went! I can’t say I was too upset about this when I got home and was able to crawl back into my nice, warm bed.
Then my meeting with my school was quite interesting. Everyone was very nice in the English department, but mostly during the meeting they were arguing about the curriculum for this school year and by the end of it they realized they had not come up with a schedule for me and the other two teachers and told us to come back next Monday after our training is over. It gives me the rest of this week (until Thursday, that is, when I have to go to Madrid for training) to finish trying to get my residency card, at least. Also, the other two teachers seem really cool! There is a girl, Hanna, from Massachusetts and a guy, John, from Ireland. It’s nice having two other people in my school in my same position and to be able to bounce ideas off of each other. It’s also nice having two more friends here in Salamanca, and, in fact, we’re meeting in the plaza tonight to get a beer and hang out.
A little about my school: I.E.S. Francisco Salinas is a bilingual high school here in Salamanca. I will be teaching not just in the English classes, but I will also be helping out in history, science, and/or math classes, as well, on days when they are having the lessons in English. Soooo, I am excited to know my schedule and know what type of classes I will be teaching!
And to give y’all back at home a better visual of where I’ll be teaching, here’s a picture of the school!
Happy Monday, errbody!
XOXOXO
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