Saturday, September 01, 2007

¡¡¡ Increíble !!!

So much has entered my brain in the past week it is absolutely incredible! I have met my new "school family" (as in, fellow teachers), tried to learn all the school rules and procedures, done a tonne of work on my courses (with seemingly mountains still to do), etc. Thankfully my Hamilton buddies came to visit Thursday night to help me laugh and relax! :)

I'm very excited about this year and all of the opportunities that will arise! I'm especially excited to be working with the people that I do!

Out of ten staff members (yep, we're small!):
- one moved from BRITISH COLUMBIA
- one is from the U.S.A.
- one immigrated from HUNGARY (last January) and can speak HUNGARIAN
- one is from FINLAND (not sure when she came)
- one is ITALIAN and has lived in QUEBEC for a while and is fluent in FRENCH
- one (me) lived in HONDURAS for three years and can get by with SPANISH
- one has IRISH background
- and the other three are incredibly nice and are our official CANADIAN ONTARIO reps. Pretty cool, eh?

I love the culturally diverse backgrounds - it just adds so much depth and varied perspectives. Apart from that, though, they are really encouraging and supportive Christians. I really look forward to growing together as a staff this year as we serve each other and our students! :)

2 comments:

A. Bootie said...

Does Jason Taekema work at your school??
Aimee

Theresa said...

Oh yes, I forgot you asked me that. Not presently...let me ask tomorrow how recently he worked here (if he indeed did).
:)