All done with the practice kids....

We got through the test batch nicely. After a week of teaching short lessons to (relatively) well prepared and behaved children, we start in Hua Hin on the 8th. That gives a week to chillax until we get started. Also, I hear there are lazy stray monkeys all over Hua Hin. That sounds so eerie and awesome, I don't really know what to say.

But as far as teaching goes, my lesson on Tuesday was discouraging, but the rest of mine went well enough (on my self evals they hovered between C- and C+) and the other teachers have been giving me enough positive feedback that I've resigned myself to the fact that I may do okay at this. Laura's a star, she doesn't need any reassurance or anything, she's great. But I think I may be able to hang. Also, compared to everyone else in our program, we've got a pretty posh teaching situation. Only 250 kids in the school, 30-40 per class, estimated 18 contact hours a week and minimal outside class work (no leading English clubs or teaching in English camps, just "gate duty", whatever that is). And if it's terrible, we'll just go to the beach every day and play with the monkeys.