This past weekend I went to training for ilp. It was a two-day workshop down in Provo, Ut. There were around 80 people there for the training, although only 11 of us are going to Hefei, China. We are going to have a bLaSt!
While learning the teaching method, I almost had a pSycOtiC breakdown =) I have a feeling it is going to take me awhile to get used to the "teaching life". We did a couple of exercises to practice teaching a foreign language and I kept on resorting to "caveman" talk. "String. This is a string. Say string. Yes, string. String." When in reality we must speak in full sentences for our kids to actually learn anything. I will definitely struggle, but I know that I will get the hang of it once I'm out there.
Because the training was 9 hours a day we took much needed breaks. Tammi and I found the arcade! We won a whole bunch of tickets, but there was no counter to claim a prize... that's BYU for ya. I still don't know the exact date of my departure, but it's coming up fast!!!
