Work and School- School and Work

The University is a beautiful place to work and take classes. This is the view from the balcony of my Spanish classes. The University is on a hill so not matter where you are there is a beautiful view. It makes work and class a hell of a lot easier when you have this to look at everyday. This is my Spanish class. My teacher's name is Veronica and everyday she wears the most colorfully embroidered dresses and tops. She is really nice and never speaks a word of English. I am learning a lot. My classmates are mostly Japanese and Korean. Then there are two girls from the States, one from Germany, one from Canada and two from Switzerland. The Korean boys are absolutely adorable. They are great to practice Spanish with because they know little or no English. So many people speak English in this city that when they find out that I speak English they either just speak or English to me or want to practice their English with me. This gives me little opportunity to practice my Spanish. Above is my classmate Jun, he is really good at Spanish so I try to work with him in class, because working with someone better than me really helps me improve.
There are so many flowers everywhere. These are the stairs that I sit on during my break between teaching classes.

I have two Spanish classes everyday, grammar and conversation. This is the view from my classroom. It's amazing. Tomorrow in my converstaion class we are walking to the market to ask the vendors questions that we came up with in class on Monday. It always makes me nervous to practice my Spanish with unsuspecting strangers, but it is a great way to learn and practice. I wish that I could just learn faster.

I teach in room number 12. Below is the inside of my classroom. My students are awesome. I have 2 classes of 28 students, one of 15, and one with only 12. I really enjoy working there. I just gave my first written exam on Thursday and I am not looking forward to grading them all, yuck. Other than that the job is great. I don't have my working visa yet, so I have not gotten paid yet, imagine how much better the job will be when I am actually getting paid for it.