Arch Bishop Blanch

The first day at my field placement was terrifying. The girls were awful. They were not behaved at all and no one was very interested in talking to me. Also, when telling me where to pick up the bus Baars lied to me and I got lost in the dodgy part of Liverpool for about a half hour. It was an awkward day and I dreaded day 2. But then day 2 came and I started to enjoy myself a little. While I probably won't be able to teach while I'm here due to scheduling conflicts with British tests, sitting in on the lectures is very interesting. On day 2 I sat in on Latin, religion, and history classes so that was interesting. I had to inform the geography teacher that Chicago was, in fact, not a state. It was an interesting conversation.

I sat in on some random lessons where I was constantly stared at by little girls who pressured me into saying the words "awesome" and "garbage" more times than I have ever used them in my life. I also got asked about 300 times whether or not I knew anyone famous or if high school was really like High School Musical. Zac Efron and I are tight. Didn't you know? The little girls are nuts but hilarious and I enjoy them.

Today was day 3 and it was pretty fantastic. I sat through 2 pretty boring lessons in history where I got grilled by 6th graders about life in America which was amusing. Their school system is so much harder than ours. They also, I hate to say it, are way smarter than American kids on average. I was impressed. I had a lot of down time so I finished reading my book and talked to my new British student teacher friend, Daniel. He's about...10 years older than I am. All of the student teachers are in fact. It's a little strange. I went to a class that was studying America circa 1920 and that was certainly interesting. It turned into a conversation about whether or not American proms had spiked punch or if cheerleaders really do date the jocks. It made me laugh a lot actually. I hope I removed at least a few of those stereotypes....I doubt it though. They love Mean Girls and High School Musical too much.

Well, off to bed now seeing as my IPOD is charged. We are leaving at the crack of dawn tomorrow for Scotland!!! Update on Monday? maybe? No promises. Cheers!