The last week of school was mostly relaxing, but I did have a chance to attend a workshop hosted by Gjethi as part of a Water Conservation Grant from a Swiss Group on Thursday. The project will involve students from 2 or 3 schools in both Ferizaj and Kaçanik. It was hosted at UDA and included lunch.
Saturday, our Peace Kosovo Book Club met at the New Born Brew Cafe in Prishtina. It is a great meeting place and a nice cafe with an American vibe. Before our 1 pm meet up, Danny, Mae, Christian, Ryan, and I went to Baba Ghanoush for lunch. It is a favorite vegetarian/vegan restaurant that everyone seems to like. We talked about the books and enjoyed drinks at the New Born before heading to a Korean While we were at the Korean place, a storm rolled in and the wind kept blowing the door of the restaurant open. So they would keep locking it an,d then when customers showed up, they would have to unlock the door to let them in.
After the Korean place, some people started to head home, but most of us headed toward the Newborn Monument, and when it started raining hard, we ended up at a coffee shop. Spending the day with fellow volunteers is always relaxing and comforting.
So I'm now two days into my last school year. It has already been interesting. My co-teacher and I have the same students as last year. They are in the 11th grade and half attend school in the morning shift (8:30 to 1:30) and half attend school in the afternoon shift (2:00 to 7:00). This year I teach in the morning on Monday and Tuesday. I teach in the afternoon on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. On Monday, I start at 8:30 and on Friday, I end at 7 pm. This will greatly limit my ability to do much travels on the weekend.
I have enjoyed seeing students and meeting the new 10th graders. On Monday, my co-teacher was late and missed the first hour. He had to go with his son to his new school, which was in Lipjan, about 30 miles away. He must have thought he would make it to class on time, because he didn't let me know ahead of time. Fortunately, I knew what to do, and I headed to class. The students were great, and we talked for a bit. The classroom was very hot and eventually we decided to go outside. We saw the director and he gave me a key to the room that will eventually be the English lab, and it was much cooler. We had the students' first and second hours. Third hour, I subbed for the other English teacher. He was absent on the first day of school.
I got the schedule from my co-teacher last week, but the schedule has changed. Monday, we were suppose to have two classes, but now we have three. Tuesday, we were supposed to have six classes and now we have five. Today, we combined two smaller classes and we ended up with only three classes. This is a temporary happening because they have yet to hire a replacement teacher. Once the replacement teachers start, we will be back to five classes on Tuesday.
As I sat on the balcony, I noticed that the leaves on the trees on the hillside were starting to turn. The weather is still warm during the day, but the nights and mornings have a fall feeling. I think, however; that the summer has been very dry and that is why they are starting to change.
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