And the struggle/learning continues...

We are currently working on our "what we did this weekend post" but for those of you that have ever traveled and tried to keep a blog, you know that loading pictures and explaining what is going on can take quite a bit of time. So that post will come later.

I want to update everyone on the progress I am making in class. Last Friday was a nice day. We actually took a mini-field trip to a small plaza to drink coffee. It was an opportunity to get out of the classroom and just talk to one another. As a teacher, sometimes leaving the environment of the classroom can be a bit of a pain, but as a student, it was great. It kind of took the edge off of speaking. (Valuable lessons being learned here.)

Going to class on Monday was a bit difficult because of our long weekend, but I felt really great after our first class. We started on a new topic, and I was getting it. I think it was the first time since I have been in class that I felt I was on the same page as what was being taught. And then...we had our second class, and I was knocked down a few rungs. Taking notes/copying what is on the board is easy, but putting it into practice is a lot more difficult. (Imagine that!) Our teacher, Sergio, asked us to work on a worksheet, and then we were supposed to share answers. We all sit in circle and he starts with one person and just goes in a circle. There are some advantages to this method as you know which question you are expected to answer. The bad part is you are spending so much time making sure your "assigned" question is correct, that you don't pay attention to much else. Well, at least that is what I was doing during this lesson I didn't understand. (Another lesson learned.)

So homework has been a time that I spend catching up and trying to fill in the gaps from class. It is amazing the amount of help you can find on the internet (I have to say that the book they gave us doesn't help much with the grammatical elements I am trying to re-learn.) Working on  homework has been helpful, but I can see how/why students get frustrated with it. If I wasn't making the extra effort to find additional information/support on the internet, I would not be doing well. I reference my notes quite a bit, but at the same time a lot of what we are working on was taught before I got to class. 

Today was a good day in class. There were some elements of my homework that I am struggling with, but all I can do is keep working on it. 

-Celeste