My Office

All four of the foreign language teachers at my school share an office. Normally, our classes start at 8:30 (but we get here around 8:00) and run until 1:30. The Ministry of Education will require an additional hour of teaching starting in the New Year, meaning classes will finish at 2:15. I’m not exactly sure how this will work, but two other teachers re-arranged the office to make room to work with students in our office.

This re-arranging meant that the library bookshelves that I obsessively organized had to be gutted to put the shelves on top of a cabinet to gain more floor space. It certainly looked a lot nicer before they did that. Somewhere in the move a shelf got broken as well, so I’m afraid what that bottom shelf will soon look like (probably filled with junk).




It’s difficult for me to work in the office. We only have one computer and one power outlet. I’ve taken my laptop with me on some days, but there is only so much I can do without internet and only running in battery power. For these reasons, I do most of my written and research work at home because it’s easier. Also, now that it’s winter and the window in the picture is perpetually open, it’s even hard to type because my hands get so cold and you can see your breath indoors. It’s to the point where it doesn’t even matter what I wear to school anymore because I just keep my scarf and coat on all day anyhow.

Even more depressing than the constant rain outside is that it’s usually warmer outside than it is inside. I can see my breath. In the past couple weeks, while it’s been about 50 degrees in my room when I go to bed, I still have to sleep inside of my mummy bag with a ton of other blankets on top of me.