22 Sept. 2011
Today was an exhausting day! On Thursdays, I work with two 1st grade classes back-to-back in the afternoon! It can be difficult to work with them because the class size is so big. There are 27 students (!!) in each of the classes! Also, it's late in the day, and students are starting to get tired and cranky. Furthermore, they are in an English class for the first time. I'm sure they are a little frustrated not to understand what is happening part of the time. Consequently, on any given day, it takes us a while to get the students settled down. Then, we get maybe 20 minutes to work with them on English before we need to put everything away. This just takes more out of me than working with the older kids.
After work, the other Fulbrighter in Alicante and I tried to go to the Office of Foreigners to apply for our identity cards. Once we managed to find the office, we were disappointed to find out that the office is only open 9AM to 2PM. Later, we also found out that you have to get to the office by 8:15 to actually get a number for an appointment. Apparently, they only see the first 100 people.
In order that our mission not be in vain, we decided to go to the Chinese restaurant a few blocks away from the office. It's not the best Chinese food by any means, but it a lot of food for a low price. You can get a spring roll, fried rice, an entree, and a drink for 6 or 7 euros!
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