Hello all, Shannon here! My last couple of weeks here have been eventful, if not as gruesome as Danny's. I have taught 3 English lessons, the last of which was observed by our technical training coordinator. She was extremely pleased with my lesson, and even said that she didn't expect this caliber of teaching. I was extremely flattered but won't let this go to my head lest I get overconfident and attacked by raptor 7th graders. Most of our days are filled with 5 hours of language lessons, tutoring, and TCF sessions or teaching, which can be very wearing but our group is awesome. We usually have a lot of fun in our class. On that note, one of our group mates taught a 5th grade class last week, and his class went really well. However, no one let us know that a shortened form of the English word "yes" apparently is the Russian equivalent to the F bomb. He said this in class 8 times. :0 Just another cultural difference! Also, the name Peter, said like it usually is in English, is a horrible insult, and if a man shakes another man's hand without taking off his gloves, he might get punched. And one more for the road: if I sit on a cold surface (like concrete) my ovaries will freeze, and I will never have children.
I miss you all and love you. More on this front later!!!!!
