My new job

[joenali]

I love it. Here is why:

1. It takes me 10 minutes to get there and back. ZERO traffic. At my last job it could take me an hour or more to get there.

2. I love my new team. One of my new team members said he was so excited to have us (myself and another new hire) on our team. He actually cried a little. It was sweet.

3. So far my class is amazing! I say this with a caveat: we are still in the honeymoon period, where they are still nervous to come to school and want to impress!

That is all!

[Deleted]

Yay! That's great!!! Happy for you!

I am feeling the same way so far. My new team is amazing!
My students haven't started yet tho. We start on Sunday.

[joenali]

Sunday? What are the days they are in school?

[Deleted]

The work week in Egypt.... and most middle eastern countries for that matter....is Sunday - Thursday. Friday is their holy day (like Sunday in the states). Also, they would rather have Thur/Fri as the weekend, but they do just Friday because they don't want to miss out on too many "trade" days with western countries, since most western countries work Mon-Fri.

[joenali]

Oh yeah! Duh! Holy day is on Friday!

When I worked at a Jewish school we always got out early on Friday because of Shabbos. It was really nice!

[jennlin]

Joenali, that sounds wonderful. What grade do you teach?

[joenali]

2nd