Your breathing is good, but the odor is bad. . .

Some of my Hungary teammates on a scavenger hunt.
The instructions: take a picture skipping through a field.

I've been in California for three weeks now and things have been pretty good. California is a beautiful place. Not that I've had too much time to explore though. They keep us new teachers pretty busy. The days generally start at 7am and end at 9:30-10pm. It's tiring, but lots of fun...

Our schedules are packed with learning to teach and learning about our new cultures. They actually have us teaching already too. We go to local churches and community centers and teach to non-English speakers. I taught the second day I arrived. That was actually pretty terrifying. It's like having to run a race you haven't trained for. The first night was rough, but it got better after that though. Each time it's more and more fun. I teach beginners, so I have to do a lot of charades in order to make them understand what I'd like them to do. I've gotten a lot better at role playing with myself. This can be pretty comical at times. I didn't know I'd like teaching so much. It's honestly pretty great. I'm getting more excited about meeting my students in Hungary.


 Funny story: The other night, one of my coworkers was teaching advanced students "social taboos" and she made the class role play some situations (we role play a lot to get them to speak English more). The one student was supposed to tell the other student that she had bad breath. It went something like this: TS: "Lucy, did you brush your teeth this morning?"  Lucy: "Ummm, Yes."  TS: "Well, your breathing is good, but the odor is bad." It was great! I couldn't control myself when I heard that story.  This is the kind of stuff that happens all the time. I really didn't anticipate laughing so much while teaching English. The students laugh too when they realize their mistakes. It's a good time all around.

I leave in one week for Hungary. I'll keep you posted!