I'll start with the administrators. Our principal is so energetic and excited to be there it's impossible to be lethargic around her. It's like she exudes positive energy vibes that charges your battery. Granted, as teachers, she sometimes makes us do really cheesy team building activities, but the gesture is appreciated. But I get so inspired to love my students the way she does.
Today after training, she had all the teachers break up into teams to walk the neighborhood to visit students and their families to inform them of parent night on thursday night. I was personally feeling really self conscious and pretty chicken (since I pretty much forgot all my spanish) but she went right up to all the families and struck up conversations. I'll never forget how the students and parents reacted to seeing their principal visit them in their houses. Most kids' faces literally lit up when they saw their principal walk up the driveway and the parents were so grateful that she cared enough to visit them in person. So inspiring to witness.
As for my coworkers, they are so friendly! I don't know if all teachers are just innately friendly, but I started the week with nothing to decorate my room, and by the end of today, I have a complete library of books and enough decorations and filler stuff to get me past the first month. I felt like I was a freshman again in college, and the upperclassmen were going out of their way to bless me. Maybe this is what it feels like when people first enter our church and experience our community.
So yeah, despite spending over 9 hours at my school every day this week... I'm excited. Hopefully I'll post pictures of my class when I finish setting up.
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