Good morning, good morning and how are you today?

I'm fine, thank you. I'm fine, thank you. Lalalalala

This is one of the morning songs we sing in the little kid class. Primaria 1. Class of 5 and 6 year olds.

Here is Eoin (pronounced Owen), my fellow language assistant.

Well, I  just finished my first week of work. I'm tired and have another (surprise!) awful sore throat. I really think I need to get my tonsils removed. No one else I know (except Dorothy) has a sore throat this often. Once I get my insurance here (next week!!) I will look for a doctor who I could talk to about a tonsilectomy.

Anyway, enough about that!
The school- I am working with a wide range of age groups. I go to classes with kindergarteners and all ages up to 17. With young kids I am in the classroom with the teacher and usually I plan an activity for 10-15 minutes. Some teachers prefer for me to come prepared for activities for the whole class.
I like having the age variety, but it definitely requires more planning. If I had 3 age groups that repeated all week I wouldn't have much planning work, but since I have every age group, buff! (as they say here) it's more work. I'm sure with time I will get into a rhythm and I will know what works well. I'll eventually have a bank of good ideas. So far I am thinking- debate topics, working in pairs and doing interviews and then presenting to the class. Any other ideas? You can email me- sassa@riseup.net

I'm watching the news right now-
A bull fighter was caught in the head by a bull's horn. The bull got him just after he had shoved two long spears into his back. They showed it over and over again. He's in the hospital. Bull fighting has been outlawed in Catalonia. I wonder how long before the rest of the country follows suite.

Other news- In Castilla Leon there has been an increase in wolf attacks on domestic animal herds. The news channel showed an old farmer man with his cane and walking with his sheep. He circled a wolf track in the dirt.

A woman and mother of 3 children was able to keep her house from being taken over by the bank after a large group of protesters gathered outside her house for a few days. Not sure of the details. Then the news showed scenes of people chaining themselves to their houses and refusing to leave. The police were dragging them off or breaking into windows.

The economy is pretty bad here and seems to be getting worse. Lots of people are losing their houses. My friend Sergio just lost his job. His boss said they have to take measures to save money now in case the economy plummets again.

The PP, the ¨popular party¨ is gaining lots of support and are expected to win in the national election. It's the big conservative party here.

well, that's all for now.

If I feel better tomorrow Carlos and I will go to the mountains to visit a friend of his. I hope I do feel better. I already long to spend a weekend in a rural area and escape the city for just a bit!

Love to you all!
xoxo

Hahaha I just looked up the web site of my school and on the front page it mentions the two new language assistants. They seem to think my name is Shara. Oui vey!