i am le tired.
and since the library is closed today i am using the computers at school.
i have a bank account! and insurance for my studio! i am almost all set according to the french government!
i don't really want to go into the details of how going to the bank was today, it's quite boring.
i got to take class alone today though, but the teacher didn't tell me i would be so i just played 'name, place, animal, thing' with them. and instead of 'name' i used 'food.' so i could figure out their level and see what they were like as a group with me. they seemed to really enjoy the game and wanted to continue playing after the hour, which was gratifying. but they were so talkative and loud all class long, it was hard to get them to stop talking. and of course, they didn't want to talk in english.
here the teachers don't seem to organize seating charts or anything like that so students sit where they want when they enter and it changes whenever they want as well. so nothing prevents friends from sitting together and talking all class long. so i wonder if i make them sit where i want them to (away from their friends) it will upset them or worse, upset the teachers. i think i'll give it a go anyway though, just for my sanity.
the daal i made last night was amazing! and gladys brought me turmeric and cumin powder! she has a sister who lives in reunion and so she is apparently used to spicy food and lots of the same spices! so she gave me some and i am eternally grateful. i used 3 of the tiny chilies she grows in her garden and they were excellent in the daal! and i made enough for dinner tonight!
no work tomorrow but there is the market and i need tomatoes. and i have other errands that need doing.
i did ask my students about oatmeal here and they said i was looking in the wrong aisle! i apparently need to look in the organic aisle for it! so i'll give it another go soon.
and they asked me about the black eyed peas (the group), so i told them they're a type of bean and they said that they had a teacher last year who said that as well, but who had also said that there is another significance that they were too young to know about! and i have no idea what that is! maybe i'm too young as well haha!
craving: ice cream!
currently listening to: people talking in french about boring administrative french school things.
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yea just make a seating chart. make your class like knaggs' that was so fun, they'll think you're awesome :) you could even send him an email i bet he's still at hp.
ReplyDeletedoes your landlady eat your dal when you make it? you should make chapatis its not so hard. and since it's just for you it'll take like a second.