Changes Galore

Due to popular demand, here is the update on where I will be living and teaching for the rest of the year. After an intense two hours of "speed-dating" with the LETs on Monday, we found out our teaching assignment Tuesday morning. I will be teaching for most of the year at Jhong Sing Elementary School with Anne (grades 1-2), Roxan (grades 4-5) and another part-time teacher (grades 3 and 6). This is actually the same school that Ariel taught at when she was an ETA, and it was one of my top choices. Anne and I get along really well, and the other teachers at the school seem friendly as well. I already have my own desk, lunchbox and textbooks! The school is pretty small, with one or two classes per grade, and has its own English Village classroom (a make-believe restaurant and airplane). Pictures to come.

Another exciting development: I now have a common heavy scooter license! First we had to pass a written test to be able to ride a 50cc, and then a driving test for 100 or 125cc. Surprisingly it only took me one try to get my first motor vehicle license ever! Anne took me to look at scooters yesterday, and we picked out a 125cc that rides really smoothly. Since I am still living in Yilan and Jhong Sing is in Wujie on the border of Luodong, I will have to scooter to work every day starting next week. The commute is worth it, though, because I am living in an apartment with my friend Evie! We have more common spaces than my last apartment, and we just finished making a housewarming dinner together. There is still a lot of cleaning and rearranging to do, but I think it will feel homey soon.

Brittany, Faith and I with our respective LETs Crystal, Grace and Anne