School...Life...& Everything In Between

I've been teaching for two weeks at Kendriya Vidyalaya in Pragati Vihar. It's been an interesting experience & I think I've heard more than enough of the word "ma'am!" (My ears are still ringing). Every time the students see me, they say "Good morning Ma'am, Good afternoon Ma'am, etc." Any when they ask me questions, they always use "ma'am." The first day, I had fifty students asking me ten questions a minute! I felt like I was on a crazy version of Jeopardy! I'm really looking forward to teaching more classes in the coming months! I have to post pictures of my school and my travels in Mussoorie and Rishikesh (sorry I'm late, but it's Indian Standard Time...haha)!

Culture Shock

Definitely feeling the culture shock as I try to settle into daily life in New Delhi, India. My experience has been so different from my experience in Japan. Daily life can be hard here. For instance, I had to buy some groceries and I had to cross a street full of potholes, avoid the stray dogs, jump over the dung, and then cross before the oncoming cars! It felt like something out of an Indiana Jones movie!

I finally found an apartment (thanks to my family)! It's a great place and it's my little bubble away from all the chaos, crowds, dogs, monkeys, etc. that make up India. I started teaching at my school and so far I've just hung out with the teachers. They're really friendly and always tell me that I speak Hindi very well (although I think that I need to practice)! I think some of the teachers were confused because they thought I was from India. Then they heard my American accent and they were surprised! I hope to start teaching classes soon and really want to meet all the students.