zrinyi things

a typical week in the life of christie

i gave a test and let this class take it in pairs. come on, how easy is that? these sweet girls who like me a lot but who can stand to improve their english wrote this on their test paper:

if you can't read it, click it. it's pretty silly. (sadly, they only got a 4)

here is a private student of mine (on the left) erika. she and her friend are school-leavers (aka seniors) and i saw them with their ribbons. they got those ribbons because they are leaving school and it's a thing of pride, i think, to have the ribbon and wear it around.

here is a close-up of the ribbon

aniko' takes me home a lot. so i see this sight all the time.

i was bored in the teachers' room.

actually, this is the teachers' room kitchen. in there people can heat up their food, eat, have a cup of coffee, talk on the phone, or just get away.

lunch one day. (bread soup YUM!, chicken, rice, and veggies - all delish)

when i came into the teachers' room on monday, all the women's desks had flowers on them - including mine. luckily people told me about women's day before it actually happened, so i wasn't so surprised. however, i got flowers, kisses, and chocolates from friday to tuesday. that's a gooood holiday, i'd say. (oh - it was international women's day and you can read about it HERE)

a borderline artsy picture of a typical bouquet of flowers given to a teacher by her students.

sometimes i'm late to class because of... well, life. (bus, late from lunch, potty break, meeting, etc.) today was one such occasion. so the kiddies drew me this on the board. click it if ya want.

this class beggggggged me to not do the whole lesson because they NEEEEDED to study for a chemistry test. i gave in and only did half the lesson with them (shh, don't tell my bosses) and while most kids studied chemistry, a few forced me to read in hungarian. i brought some hungarian material and they chuckled as i read aloud to them. two of the three recorded a video of me reading on their phones because they said it's just so cute. these are two silly and fun girls who were encouraging me to practice my hungarian. they both disapprove of this picture, but this is my blog, so here it is: