Still no set schedule.

Today I went into the Academy again. I thought I had a discussion class in the afternoon so I prepared a bunch of topics for the students to chose from since they’re a bit whiney, and prepared a bunch of questions to ask in case they weren’t feeling chatty. I had also told one of the teachers that I would help her out. So I went in and talked to some of her students for about 30 minutes, but they weren’t in the most cooperative mood. She said later she was embarrassed since they weren’t prepared, but it was all a little weird. Oh well. I’m just glad they’re trying to use me more. I prattled away about random stuff and asked them questions. One of their first questions for me was what I thought about Nagorno-Karabagh and whose territory it rightfully belongs to (although they worded it much more strongly). I pretty much refused to answer that one. They also asked a bunch of questions about Obama and my political party, and what I thought about the health care plan. That’s not the first time I’ve been asked about the health care stuff too- it’s interesting to note how much they follow our news and partisan debates.

So then I went back and hung out, talked to another class for about five minutes again (the usual questions- where are you from, are you married, I love American girls!). It turns out I didn’t have the discussion class today, although no one told me this. I asked if I have it Friday and the teachers just kind of shrugged and said maybe. But then they said how much the students like me and enjoyed the class, so I don’t get why it’s not happening again. So I told some other students we could have a discussion class on Friday. I’m getting a bit irritated that I don’t have a concrete schedule. I was excited at the prospect of having set students on set days, but it seems that nothing is nailed down. I’m just going to keep going with the flow.

I’m still waiting from the director of the Museum to call me and let me know what’s going on. I have all these other people in the area who have been calling/ e-mailing me to ask for help with English language courses and I would be willing to take at least one of them up on them, but I honestly don’t know my schedule yet with my assigned places so I can’t take anything on yet. I feel badly for some of these people since I do want to genuinely help some of them out, and I don’t want them to think that I’m putting them off on purpose. I just really don’t know when I’ll be free to help. I keep telling them I’ll call them once I know, so hopefully that’s satisfactory.

Tomorrow I’m going in to speak with an organization about an internship. Hopefully this will pan out and I’ll have at least something structured in my time. Then, tomorrow night it’s salsa time again! Woohoo!