Ahhhh...

Last weekend in Spain, Gandía.. Had a lovely day, with 3 amazing girls.. After expecting the hot (warm for me) weather for so long, we finally had the opportunity to go to the beach, without our jackets on 💪🏻 The sun was shining bright, too hot maybe, a little swim (up to my thighs, too cold still 😂), some olives and strawberries bought from the local Sunday market, and just the laughter of new friends ❤️

India's last weekend in Spain 🇪🇸

Mountains and sunset

The beautiful view of the mountains of Gandía.. Sunset is indescribable, birds chirping, ready to go to bed and us, admiring the view 👀

India loves the mountains in Spain 🇪🇸

A day at the beach.

This was our last weekend in Valencia. Just two days left and we are flying back home. We had a lovely time with my flatmates at the beach today. We were lucky because it was very warm, +25 degrees. It felt like the beginning of summer but it's just the middle of April.
I had my observed lesson last Friday. Children were great and the lesson went according to my plan. I feel relieved and ready to move on.

Favourite teacher

Yes that's me :):) Javi the blind boy in 1B told me, in English, at the end of my class today, that I am his favourite teacher.

My tutor told me later that she used to be his favourite, but you know, I guess he's moved on... :)

He's not in school next week because he's going to Alicante for the week to do some activities, so he gave me a hug and said good luck. Ahhhhh he's lovely.

¿Para o Por o Cuatro?

This week - with great help and patience from a few of my Spanish students - I think I’ve finally figured out the differences in use with regards to ‘por’ and ‘para’! This is really big for me OK? So please, don’t play reductionist or take that away from me.

I taught my observed lesson this morning, I was very happy with it; I received some incredibly helpful and constructive feedback from Emile that’s going to prove invaluable when it comes to planning in the future.

Hopefully I’m not going to deep here but, hey, it’s Friday and I’ve got a little time so I’ll reference some quantum physics all the same: ‘The observer effect is the theory that simply observing a situation or phenomenon necessarily changes that phenomenon.’

And so, should anyone read this prior to having their lesson observed, the only advice I feel to be organic, true and honest would be to “be yourself completely”, don’t change any aspect of who you are – intrinsically and naturally - for the perceived benefit of another individual; teach the students like nobody is watching and don’t let the observers change your phenomenon!

Regular verb endings