A la tercera va la vencida

Hoy cumplí tres semanas de mi tercer año de enseñar.  Y en camino a casa hoy estaba pensando en la diferencia grande de tener más experiencia.  Y además tengo el mejor horario.  Mi clases cambiaron la semana antes del comienzo del año escolar.  Iba a enseñar español 3 y 4 pero por el renuncio de dos de mis colegas no faltaba un maestro de español para hispanohablantes.  Así que decidí ofrecer a cambiar al horario de mi colega que iba enseñar esa clase y lo aceptaron.  ¡Y mis clases son fenomenales!  En serio, espero que no sea simplemente porque estamos a principios del año todavía.  Mis estudiantes parecen interesados en el español.  Participan mucho y quieren hablar.  :-D  Otra ventaja del cambio de horario es que ya no estoy enseñando español 3 lo cual me alivia solo porque tengo más libertad de hacer mis propias planes con los cursos que me tocan ahora.  Soy la única maestra de los hispanohablantes nivel 1 y solo hay una maestra más que enseña español 4.  Es nueva este año y tiene mucha energía y personalidad.  Ya nos estamos llevando bastante bien.  Y encima de todos esto, ya tengo mis rutinas y mis sistema de organización, lo cual facilita todo mi trabajo.

Le pedí a Dios que cambiara mi corazón si iba a regresar a enseñar este año y creo que me escuchó.  Siento como una persona diferente y tengo confianza que no tenía antes.  Que toda la gloria sea a ti Señor.  Gracias por un comienzo positivo al año.

Mi amiga Lauren se va a casar en enero en Lima y estoy intentando arreglarlo para poder viajar allá por su boda.  El problem es que tenemos exámenes parciales just la semana antes de la boda cuando debería estar allá, pero tengo una reunión con el director del colegio el lunes después de clases para pedirle permiso a faltar 3 o 4 días.  Tengo la esperanza de que todo se arregle bien, y si llego a estar en Lima para el 17 de enero, estaré en las nubes.

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