9 more days to go....

And while I could have easily sat back and coasted the remainder of this experience, I raised my hand to be a sub for the last week. One of the Master teachers was fired (crazy huh?), and the student teacher that was under him is one of the weaker ones, so there was no way she was going to be able to take on the class by herself. I proposed the idea of being the sub, IF THEY WOULD PAY ME, and at first it didn't seem like the idea would fly (they didn't want to pay). In the end, I think they realized they didn't have too much of an option, and with the encouragement from my professor, attesting to my abilities as a teacher, they say sure. I'm only getting paid 1000 quetzales (about $130), for a week's worth of work. To put that in perspective, subs in CA make $105-$135 A DAY... But, it's better than working for free. Spending $$ I say.
But now, I have ALLLL this work to do, on top of the papers I need to do for this class: the original reason I'm out here. Well, it will just add to my learning experience here... and look even better on my resume. I hope to get a letter of recomendation from the colegio's principle from all of this.

Wish me luck!!!