I'm sooooo boooooored...
So, I'm scheduled 1-8 today, like every other Friday.
I have NO classes I teach today, and I'm all prepared for tomorrow's classes.
And I literally have nothing to do!
Sometimes I surf the internet at my desk (all the foreign teachers have desks in an open area of the main hall as opposed to the Chinese teachers who have desks in their classroom.) I feel like I get dirty looks if I sit here on the internet, but I feel there is NOTHING else I could be doing.
The way the system works is: the Chinese teacher maps out what I will be teaching, assigns it to me, I prepare and make lesson plan, and then I teach it that week. This means I cannot sit here and do advance work because the Chinese teachers are the ones who plan and I have to wait until they are done.
I'm a terrible person when I'm not busy. I'm super antsy and I can't just not do anything for hours on end sitting at a desk!!! I need to get up and be active! When I was young all my pent up energy released itself through mischief. I'm an adult now so I work to curb that and use it productively. So, I just went on a 30 min. after supper walk, and it was really good! (Especially as I need to lose 10 lbs. and this just this sitting is killing me!)
Then I get back and the receptionist is giving me dirty looks... :/ I promise I'm not a lazy slacker! I just needed some exercise and something to do!
I am not afraid of hard work, and I enjoy either 1. being given enough assignments to keep me crazy busy, or 2. being able to find and create work that will keep me crazy busy. Unfortunately, today (and most Fridays) offer me neither of those options.
I feel they dislike me for looking lazy, and I don't like being disliked.
I dislike looking lazy and not having enough to do.
This was going to go in "What's on YOUR mind?" but I figured I'd spare everyone. lol
(And yes, after all this complaining, the next time I get slammed with work I'll probably complain about that too...) :P
The other teachers have at least a couple classes. I'm the only one who doesn't have any classes on Fridays.