i love teaching!

for those of you who don't know, i'll explain a little bit about what i'm doing here.. I have been in Riobamba, Ecuador for 2 weeks now, and i love it! I'm teaching English at the University of San Fransisco, yes that's right, San Fransisco. no idea why it's called that. anyways, i'm teaching from 3:00-9:00 monday through thursday (thankfully, my schedule just changed so that i have an hour break in there. the first couple days, i almost starved to death, seriously).  

All of my classes are level 2 - which is not at all what i was prepared for. before i came i was told i would be teaching all upper level classes, and i was given a completely different schedule.  that's Ecuador for ya. and a lesson in flexibility i guess.

actually, it has worked out way better than i could have imagined! i love my level 2 students! and because it's such a low level i get to use my spanish (and believe me, i need the practice)  Teaching hasn't been easy, by any means, but i'm surrounded by other teachers who are more than happy to help and who are full of good ideas! 

SPEAKING of other teachers..i love all of the people i work with! it's just such a cool environment. there are teachers from all over! ecuador, venezuela, the US, canada, germany, and new zealand.  i just love being around people from so many different cultures and places, but that get along so well. i'm so excited to be a part of this community and i can't wait to fill you in more about what's going on down here.  but for now, since it's my first blog post ever! (i hope all of my blogging friends are proud) i'll try to keep it short, but i'm sure i'll be updating a lot here in the next couple days since so much has happened in these first couple weeks

ps i hope you like the picture. audra insisted on getting an awkward first day of school pic