Not all Pastries and Shopping

This might come as a surprise based on my common postings, but I actually do spend the bulk of my day teaching. Here’s my daily routine:

• Breakfast and coordination with others – 7:30 to 8:30
• Morning Class – 8:30 to 9:30
• Work (my real job) and errands around town – 9:30 to noon
• Lunch – noon to 1:30
• Break – 1:30 to 2:30
• Afternoon Class – 2:30 to 3:30
• Break, prep for hard class – 3:30 to 5:00
• Evening Class – 5:00 to 6:00
• Dinner – 6:00 to 7:30
• More Work – 7:30 to 9:00
• End of Day at 9ish

It varies somewhat based on the weather, class schedules, errands, and whatnot. Lately the breaks have been spent trying to cool off from the searing heat. It’s one thing to teach, it’s another to constantly fight the sweat pouring off your body at the same time. When the locals are complaining about the heat, you know it’s bad.

At least today we had clouds. No rain yet, but the clouds made a big impact on the temperature. I only had to replenish all the fluid in my body once, not twice.

You may have noticed the blurb about my evening class being the hard one. I’m teaching programming to the students at Khnar Tmei. This is a really hard set of concepts. Almost all of it is totally foreign to them. However, we have the benefit of a really large monitor. One of the students bought it from a friend for a good price. Now that World Cup is over, it’s been sitting unused. We’re taking advantage of it to make sure everyone can clearly see the menus and re-explain the basics of programming.