Only the Beginning...

Well, this is now our third week of school and I'm already wanting my summer break back.

I have just started going to the language school and I have French, English, Latin, Spanish, Italian, Math, Science, Religion, History and Geography, P.E., and I think that's about it, but I'm still not sure. There are 19 of us in my class but I already knew seven of my classmates before it even started.
I have don't have any teachers who teach me two different subjects this year (except history and geography), but for some subjects I have more than one teacher. For example, I have a French teacher who always brings her young assistant and they give us tons of homework and we do many exercises with them in class. Then I also have a French teacher who just comes and talks to us only in French. Yeah, sometimes it does get a bit confusing...

My easiest subject would be English, of course. I have an Australian teacher and she seems to really like me. I think mostly because I seem willing to help her when she wants me to. I am her assistant. I write a ton of phrases and words on the whiteboard for her,  I read out passages to the class,  I answer harder questions that the class doesn't understand,  I pronounce words to everyone about a billion times with my American accent, I help plan out homework and activities when the teacher asks me what I think would be best, etc. Other times I nearly fall asleep from boredom.

I love the P.E. lessons. Well, actually so far I've only had P.E. twice. The first time we practically did nothing because it was the first day for that subject and we each had to introduce ourselves like we did with all our teachers. My teacher is great though! He is strict and would not put up with anything joking or just teenage humor, but that's not why I like him... I like him because he makes us work but he knows what is the right amount for each of us. He knows the techniques and sports well too.  In my last lesson with him, we went up to the gym at the other school (the one that Eleanor goes to). We had to go through town and there were people trying to take pictures of our class ( I'm really not sure why) but he didn't pay much attention to them. Then we changed and practiced some volleyball movements and passes etc. He corrected me when I did it wrong or didn't understand, but he wasn't mean or rude. He was understanding. Anyway, it's hard to explain exactly but I think he's a great teacher so far.

Spanish is difficult but I like the language. The teacher is nice, when the class is behaving, but she loves to interrogate us constantly so we have to know what we've been studying. If you don't know what you need to have memorized or just in your head, she isn't as nice. My Spanish teacher is an animal lover and I personally think she kind of looks like a cat. She's short and skinny, tan and has curly dark-red hair. I think she's a pretty good teacher.

I don't really like math, science, history and geography, or Italian though. Math, science and history are my worst subjects, by the way. Anyway, I don't really care for the teachers and I just don't like the subjects and never have. Geography would be fine except for the fact that I have to do it and history almost like one subject because that's how my teacher teaches them.

Latin is the one I can't tell you about though and that's because I still haven't had any Latin lessons. We usually get a free hour, in which we do nothing in class, or we get our an hour earlier when we have Latin because the teacher is out of town. I'm not sure why, but all I know is that it's something important and that I don't even know the teacher yet. I'll update you all when I start my Latin!!!

Religion is also another subject that I like. I have Father Ricardo as my teacher and he is awesome!!! He's great with everyone and understanding, good at acting, and funny when he wants to be. So far I've only had him for one lesson because he couldn't come the first time, but I know him from other activities out of school and I really like him. Also the great thing is that he mostly knows my Italian speaking level. He knows I'm not fluent but he speaks slowly and if I don't understand, he is good at explaining stuff. I'm sure I can learn a lot from him this year.

So far, I like my school, but mostly at break time. After the second period we have ten minutes of break and that's when I can go around and talk to my friends and see some of my old classmates from last year too! It's not much time, but at least I can get out of my chair and have a bit of break from working my brain. I bet most of you already know this but, yes, I am a total extravert.

Well this is only the beginning of school and I'm sure I'm going to get loads more homework and tests as the year goes on, but hopefully it won't be too hard. I've already had an Italian test and on Thursday I have an English test. Then next Spanish lesson my teacher is going to start interrogating people more and grading them.