The school year ends and yet my confusion had not yet abated. The end of this term seems the most anti-climatic end of a school year I've ever experienced. This mainly stems from a lack of communication with my counterpart and my general anonymity in my school. On Monday, I had arranged to take the day off as I was coming back from the Habitat build (more about this in my next post) and my train didn't arrive back until 4 a.m. and I didn't quite think I would be functional for my 8 a.m. class. I didn't think this would matter as next week is the last week of school.
However, on Tuesday when I arrived and spoke with my counterpart I discovered that although next week is the last week of school all my classes would finish this week. Apparently, only 9th graders go to school next week and I don't teach 9th grade. Thus by not being in school Monday I missed saying good-bye to 4 classes. I feel disappointed in myself for not knowing this and not being able to try to do something special to end the year.
The rest of the week was pretty much par for the course. A lot of classes didn't show or had been told my their form teachers they didn't need to come to school. About 75% of my students live in villages that surround my town so I won't see them this summer. I know my students don't read my blog, but I wanted to acknowledge them in this entry.
Students in 10A, 10B, 10C, 11A, 11B, 11C, 11D, 12A and 12C: I hope you all have a wonderful summer. I learned so much from all of you this year!
throwing away the schedule I kept on my apartment door all year
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