Schedule

So, as you know I teach three classes a day, grades 1,2, and 3. Well, to give you a better picture I have put below my average school day schedule:

8:15- Leave home.
8:30- Arrive at school.
8:30-8:50- Kids prepare for class- doing some exercise, reciting lessons, etc.
9:00-9:40- Class. I sit in the office with the other teacher who is currently on break.
9:40-10:00- Free time.
10:00-10:40- Class. I teach the first graders.
10:50-11:30- Class. I teach second grade.
11:40-2: Lunch. Everyone goes home.
12:10- Arrive home.
1:00- Eat lunch.
2:00- Leave home.
2:15- Arrive at school.
2:20-3:00- Class. I take a break in the office.
3:10-3:50- Class. I teach third grade.
3:50-4:00- Free time.
4:00-4:40- Class. I take break in the office.
4:45-5:15- Walk home for dinner.
6:30- Dinner.
9:00- Bed!!!

During my “breaks” I usually study Chinese or will occasionally slip into one of the other classrooms where the kids are learning pinyin, which is another way to write Chinese other than with the characters. Those classes are somewhat helpful.
You may have noticed that my walks home from school take twice as long as the walk to school takes me. This is because on the way home I am usually playing with the kids- swordfights, harmonica jams, ambushes, etc.
The time between dinner and bed filled with a combination of listening to conversations I don’t understand and reading…