I´m a teacher... say what????

So, yesterday I taught my first three classes. But I found out my schedule the night before. And the books haven´t arrived yet. And they don´t know when they will arrive. And there is no syllabi and my schedule was wrong. And an attendance sheet for one of my classes was missing. Oh and did I mention that I don´t speak Spanish and that for Chileans this is a very high-class institution? And when I asked to see a copy of the book they used last year I was told no, because it might confuse me. But really, its ok, because any concerns of mine were met with a frantic, ¨don´t worry, don´t worry¨ and then some ranting in Spanish. (Clearly I´m the worrier!) I was told to ¨not do anything the first week or two,¨ yet I also had a room of up to 18 students who speak little English starring at me for an hour and a half... so yay, exactly, what the hellz was I supposed to teach? A few of us met in the morning to joint-plan what to do, and after being in student mode for my whole life the whole thing was so laid-back, very surreal. Despite this scenerio, my three classes yesterday turned out FABULOUS!

I got lucky in that my first class was my one advanced, where there are only two students, and only one showed up. Her name is Mitzy and she speaks good English and so we just talked and she really wants to become fluent so I think that will be good. Later in the day I had two beginner classes and both classes knew way more English than I expected. I had them do a version of speed-dating, introducing and talking about themselves to other kids in the class. Then we played games like pictionary to review basic vocab words. Some of the students gave me the on the cheek but in the air kiss goodbye, and all said goodbye to me about a million times. Really sweet kids.

Duoc University has 9 campuses total, and mine is by far the best (Campus San Carlos). Its Chile´s version of UVM, and so I love it- the mountains are literally RIGHT next to campus, ping-pong and foose ball tables in the main coutyard, every hippster student with a good 2-3 piercings and colorful hair... it definetely has the groovy-UV feel!