Go Vikings

Today I finally reported to work, for a normal work day....sort of. Basically I felt a lot like a student--as the ELL tutor, I move from one class to the next, when the bell rings, to work with different ESL kids. Today was chaotic--the principal (who proudly told me he is one of 3 democrats in the entire community) introduced me to practically everyone on staff, sometimes by first name, sometimes by last, so that by the end I knew NO ONE's name. So confusing. The high school, elementary school and junior high are all together, with walkways connecting them.

One thing that excited me was the principal's assertion that basketball RULES come winter. They even have a 5-day weekend in March set aside for the state tournament, because the Mossyrock vikings always go to state. Also ironically, their colors are red/white/black (like Fairview) and their major rival's colors are purple and gold (Boulder sucks). He told me that the girls junior high team needed an assistant, which I said I was interested in....but then I thought I prob couldn't commit to that...and he told me to go talk to a teacher who I had apparently met today but have no idea who it is. Awkward.

I also thought I would go into the building and immediately remember how much I hate teenagers, but they were actually pretty easy to deal with, and pretty entertaining. I will be working in history, english, math, and bio classes, on top of helping the ESL teacher (whose Spanish is less than impressive, but I didn't let myself correct her in class...bad first impression).

I'm hoping in the coming weeks my role will be more defined and I won't be standing around awkwardly quite as much. The good news is that I haven't lost all of my Spanish. And I get to end my Mondays and Wednesdays with a kindergarten class! AND we're supposedly getting internet (delivered to our house in a box) on Monday, and it better work. Seems a little weird that no one actually comes to our house to set it up, but we've suffered long enough without it, so I'm putting my faith in Centurytel.