So this week I didn't really do anything all that exciting. I went to my first history class on Tuesday and I really like it. I was kinda nervous about going because I was pretty much just showing up and I had no idea how the teacher would react. But it was with my class and the teacher was really cool about it. He's one of three male teachers in the school and I think he's the best teacher of all. He actually interacts with the students. Like, his lessons are more like conversations than lectures. In most classes that I've seen here, the teachers talks and asks questions of the students but really doesn't talk to them so I don't think the students really understand what they are learning. And my history teacher is Dr Jeckl and Mr. Hyde when it comes to temperment. The others teachers are all sweet one minute than practically screaming the next. He's very levelheaded and maintains control of his class and I respect him for that. He also speaks English a little, which is cool. He even threw in a few English words in his explanations just for me, which I thought was really nice of him. Unfortunately, I don't know his name. I can never remember a teacher's name the first time I hear it. They don't go by Mr. So-and-so. They go by their first name and their patronymic name, which is their fathers name plus -nov or -slav or -vna or some or crazy ending.
I've come across a problem in my English class, the one I have with my class. Lera is a crazy girl in my class I don't like much but she really wanted me to sit next to her and there weren't really any other seats available so I was like okay, whatever. A few minutes later, I realized why she wanted me to sit next to her. She wanted me to do her work for her. And I did, just because I didn't know what else to do. What was I going to say no and have her bug me about it for the rest of class? At the end of class, she told me to sit next to her every English class. So now I'm like great, what am I supposed to do now? I want to go to their English class but I don't want to sit next to Lera. But I think that maybe the teacher spoke to Lera about it after class. So I think I'm going to go to their next English class on Wednesday and see how it goes. If Lera asks me to sit next to her, I'll say no. I guess I don't really care if she gets mad at me because I don't really like her. She's very brash and loud and quite the little party girl.
Let's see what else? I had some really good family time with my Mama, Afonia, and my Aunt the other night. I talked a bunch in Russian. Not very well, but it still felt good to speak to them all so much :) I'm starting to become a little creeped out by all the bugs that seem to be around. The weather is getting colder, so I hope they go away, but right now, I kept on seeing these little hopping bugs all over my desk. And there are tons of flies everywhere. It's really annoying and slightly gross. I also find it funny how Russians are so picky about putting stuff on the ground! I don't know if I've already posted this, but you do not put anything on the floor in Russia. I was sitting in a chair and I put my bag down on the floor at my feet and Olya freaked out. She said it was dirty but I know for a fact that they wash the floors regularly. Also, you don't go bare foot outside and you never wear shoes inside. In America there is a little grey room, but here it is very black and white. We talked about this for like 20 minutes and we both thought the other was crazy!
So I think the biggest thing I did this week was the Форд Боярд. I still don't fully understand it, even after participating. But there were three teams, each of the 10th form class. I was with 10б. We all had team uniforms and as you can see by the picture, ours was just to dress crazy. Each team had to run around the school and do different tasks. Fo
r every correctly completed task, the team received a key. The team with the most keys at the end won. That's what I understood but I was more complicated than that I know. But it was really fun and it was a good bonding experience for me even though it wasn't with my class. I really like 10б even though they're all only 15. But that's okay, they're still cool. But spending so much time with them made me realize just how close they all really are. They're like brothers and sisters. I guess that's what happens when you've been in the same class together all through school. It made me feel a little on the outside looking in at some points. They tried to include me, but there's only so much I can understand and only so much I can say. It made me miss my group of friends a little. But I know that they all really like me and they are all very friendly to me. So I hope that as my Russian gets better, so will our friendship. :)
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