I have officially survived my first week! For those of you who know how much of a homebody I am, this is huge. Although I may or may not have called a few people crying and wanting to go home.. But that's not the point. I stayed and I survived! This past week has been a whirlwind. I left the rest of the group of interns, flew to Melbourne, moved into my apartment, and started my internship all in a matter of 24 hours. Since my blog was down for the last five days, I've got a lot to cram in here so y'all bare with me.
Public Transit:
This has been an ordeal. I have never used public transport except for the ebus to 6th street. Other than that, I turned 16 and got a drivers license. Trams don't exist in Texas. So this in itself is weird. And then I had to worst luck getting a tram card. I walked to two different places to get a card..only to find they were both closed. (Because the entire country shuts down on Sundays. It's weird.) I was exhausted and in tears because I had to have the card to get to my internship the next day. (This may or may not have been the time that I was possibly calling people wanting to go home..) Buttttt, then the caretaker of my apartment drove me to the shopping center to get my tram pass. Alls well that ends well.
The next morning, I took the tram to work the way I was advised by the information desk. The other teachers asked how I got to school and just about had a heart attack. Apparently, I had gone 45 minutes out of the way. Coooool information desk. Cool. So they all figured out the best way for me to get to the school and back and now I'm a tram pro!
My internship:
Amazing. Absolutely amazing. My kids are angels. My supervising teachers are a dream. I'm so incredibly blessed to be working at Glen Waverley. Don't worry fellow educators. I'm going to have an entire blog post soon dedicated to my teacher nerd out.
But remember how I said my students were angels? I wasn't kidding.
They are so sweet and well behaved. I absolutely love teaching at Glen Waverley.
On Thursday, the students had a middle school social. If you ever want to feel old..even if you aren't..help supervise a middle school dance. I didn't know most of the songs and I kept thinking, "What on earth is that little girl wearing?" That's when it hit me. I'm 21 and I sound like my mother. Granted, she's basically the coolest person I know, so I can't complain.
The social was glow in the dark themed. Everyone was awkward and adorable and I loved it.
Tourist LE:
So after my first week of teaching was over, I had a chance to pop into the city and look around. I ended up taking a double decker bus tour, like you'd see in New York. Melbourne is beautiful. Everywhere I looked there was something magnificent. Around every corner they'd say, "And if you look to your left, this is over 100 years old. And if you look to your right, that's also over 100 years old." It was just breathtaking.
This week has been amazing and scary. I'm so blessed to have this opportunity. I can't wait to see what else is in store for me during the next month!
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