I worked my first (almost) full day of work yesterday in Denmark. As some of you may know, I've been volunteering my time at the local international school in Aalborg as a tutor. I work with some of the kids there one-on-one to improve their English skills for a few hours each week, and a few weeks ago, I was asked if I would like to be a substitute there, as well. I agreed, and my first day finally came yesterday.
I'd been nervous ever since they scheduled me to cover an actual class, but the nerves increased about an hundred-fold when I found out last week that I wouldn't be getting the lesson plans for my class until the morning of (when the school opened about twenty minutes before class started). Also, the school has two locations and while I do my tutoring at one, I would be subbing at the other one, but I had never been there before.
I woke up before seven (far earlier than when I normally get up) and set off from the apartment while the moon was still out! (We're losing daylight fast up here in Denmark - come winter the sun won't rise until almost nine!) Upon getting to the school, I found out that two extra classes had been added to my subbing schedule in the afternoon, but the lesson plans were there at least - thank God! I spent the morning subbing for a class of little kids (about six to eight year olds), and then headed over to the other location for an afternoon with a class of older ones (thirteen to sixteen year olds). Both classes were totally wild and didn't want to listen to a sub at all (they are on fall break next week, so that didn't help matters). I can really only say that I have nothing but respect for teachers, and hopefully it will be easier if they ask me to do it again!
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