Tomorrow Never Comes Until It's Too Late.

Tuesdays SUCK... this is the first Tuesday that I've had to teach the extra two classes per week that were added to my schedule. This brings my total classroom hours up to 21, which is actually quite a lot compared to other ETAs (who seem to average about 16) and actually more than any of the regularly paid teachers spend in the classroom. Of course, they often have to teach on Saturdays and also have night duty once a week where they have to supervise the students until 10pm.

Anyway, starting from the earliest class period which starts at 9:30, my schedule goes exactly like this: class, free, class, free, class, free... ad infinitum, or 6:10pm. It makes the day drag by unbearably slow. Especially since I got over my self-consciousness of sleeping in the teachers' lounge, big free blocks are no longer a burden but a blessing! And God knows I can usually use a power nap in between classes most of the time.

The alternative is to pound 6 - 8 cups of coffee a day like the rest of the teachers do. I'm sure I could work on it, but my caffeine headaches are particularly bad lately, so that's something I'm loathe to try.

Ok folks, sorry for the mundane blog post, just a fresh nugget of frustration that I felt should be preserved in the warm recesses of my blog.