Easter is over and its back to work on Monday

Easter break is officially over I didn't do a lot as you can probably tell from the non blog for the last 2 weeks but I actually enjoyed being as non computer literate as possible and just doing the bare minimum, watching TV drinking coffee and recharging for the final stint here in Bogota.

Currently I am sitting in Newark Liberty Airport just outside New York, The picture shows the New York Skyline. I admit I didnt really notice it just where I am sitting loads of people come up and take photo's so thought I should too.










Pretty impressive when you can upload an image taken at the time you are writing only thing is now I am waiting for my connecting flight to Bogota that leaves in about 3 hours. its 1230 here in USA, 1130 in Bogota and 4.30 in UK (Though tomorrow it will be 5.30 as UK change their BST tonight) but the main outcome to all of that is I havent a clue what the real time is for me.

Hopefully when I arrive in Bogota around 2030 my favourite taxi driver will be available but since my Colombian Mobile is dead I have no way of knowing unless he is waiting at the door which I hope for otherwise its into an airport taxi as hanging around the front of the airport is not the best choice for a Gringo at 2100 at night.

I do feel strange though I am coming back to Bogota for 3 months which should feel longer than the xmas stage where I came back on the 8th of Jan and then finished on the 15th of Mar yet to me it already feels like it will fly in and be a small amount of actual time. I have 2 projects to get through for both year groups so means i am only going to concentrate on specifics rather than full folios and of course I will lose the last 2 weeks of JUNE to exams... with 2 projects to get through that basically means 5 weeks per project so I will be driving gthe kids quite hard but with reduced folio work and a chance to be more creative hopefully everything will come together nicely, and of course being busy means time flies in... one way to look at it is I only have 12 weekends left !!! thats not long and I know I will really miss the lifestyle here the friendships but most of all the teaching. No matter what has been said or hinted at over the last 7 or so months there is no doubt in my mind that the kids at this school are some of the best pupils I have ever come across and it makes you wonder what the differences are in attitude and effort I see here when compared to my home town schools system.

I doubt I will add anymore tonight due to jetlag when I finally get in. But all going well I will be up and out for a walk tomorrow (I need to shop for food !!).

I intend to throw everything into this last 3 months here to make the kids work as fun and engaging as possible and at the same time try to develop a much more relaxed and calm attitude to all the little problems that will no doubt come up as the contract comes to an end.

No matter what happens over the next 3 months I will when I leave Bogota take with me memories and experiences of teaching that I would encourage every teacher to try if they can. And on that note... Manyana....