Well, I apologize, but this is the longest that I have gone so far without a new entry. I have been getting a crash course in Scottish education this week and have been to exhausted or too busy each night to add to my journal. The Scottish exam system is very different that in the states and it has taken a while for me to get my head around it so that I can best present the material to the students. I was able to see all six levels of student this week as I have classes from S2 to S5 (with some sixth year students) and I covered an S1 class. Both the S1 and S2 classes are younger students that I am used to teaching, but after a re-gaged how quick to go with them I figured it out pretty quick. All of the students have been great and my colleagues have been incredibly helpful. Monique also had a good first week. After a couple of days she decided to move from S2 to S3 which is more her age group so she was a new student twice during the week. However, she went to lunch with friends of Robyn every day who are still in the S2 group. The pictures for this entry are from are adventures last Sunday with Chris. He took us to a bay in the Firth of Forth for a hike in the dunes. He then took us close to the coast and the town of New Berwick which is famous for the puffin birds off the coast. He also drove us around the rest of the East Lothian area that we live in. It is very beautiful countryside and it was a great last day before school started. Next weekend I have an oppotunity to go away to a castle with some of the staff and most of the S6 students for an activity weekend so I should get some great pictures. I am looking forward to it. Would love to hear from all of you out there. Thanks to those of you that have said Hi.
Cheers
5 comments:
Hey Brig Young. I hope you don't have too many sleepless nights on account of my absence. Did the airline give you any trouble when you asked to purchase another seat for your swords?
Glad to hear the first week went smoothly. I still have 3 weeks until school starts ... oh trimesters. Who was the person that told me to go to NU again? Haha, just kidding Brigham.
I had a serious question for you though. I don't think you'll be able to answer it yet because you've only been teaching for a week, but maybe sometime down the road you can. I was wondering what its like to teach history from a different viewpoint ... being in Europe vs. being in the states. I assume the approach by the schools is different, but what are the differences?
Anyway, I hope you are having an awesome time. Take it easy and say "Hi" to the family.
Erick
Brigham!!!!
I'm so glad you're loving every minute in Scotland!! Frisbee started this week, and as usual I wasn't there because of my other sports, but I heard it went well! (not the same as when you were there of course) Take care, I can't wait to hear more of your time in Europe!
-Tricia Maybaum
Why hello stranger. I've finally been able to get to your blog, I've been super busy with football. I will try and read into your archives to catch up on your adventures. Erick wanted you to know that he watched Obama's acceptance speech and I didn't (for the record, I was watching the South Carolina/NC State game because college football trumps politics.) Hope all is well, keep posting!!
Gracie
Hi. Update your blog, please.
Thanks,
The Management
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