Big City Life

I'm really enjoying the city!  People are everywhere!  Men and women are focused on getting to work quickly and there is no time to stop.  I'm usually distracted by those I'm passing.  I feel quite plain amongst all these beautiful people.  Their style has the New York signature fashion.  Most commuters have their ear buds in and shades on...whether in sunlight or on the subway.  It's just a different kind of world and I like it!

The weather has been delightful here this week.  Yesterday was probably the best!  It was about 85 degrees and sunny with a breeze.  Perfect. After class, I visited the New York Public Library and walked through Bryant Park.  

I'm really enjoying my class and making new friends!  We will begin teaching next week and I'm nervous.  My partner, Isabella, and we will be preparing lessons for a level 4 class and also a class for an ESL student's children.  I'm happy about that because I will have a chance to experience what it is like to teach young learners with limited or no English.  Gisela is going over parts of speech, methodology, grammar, and phonology.  It seems to be one my forte.  At the end of class today, we played Jeopardy.  The team captain picked me first to be on their team (I don't think I've ever been picked for anything first) and I got most of our team's points.  I got a lot of compliments from my classmates.  It made me feel really good.

I stopped to grab a bite to eat this evening and got hit on by my waiter.  He gave me his number and told him to call me if I wanted to hang out.  Don't freak out (not my type), I'm not going to call him but it was flattering.    Well, I suppose I will do a little studying and then off to bed.  Can't wait to see what tomorrow holds.  Anyone have suggestions on where I could go this weekend?  Keep in mind I've already done a lot of tourist attractions.

In front of the New York Public Library

The statue of the lion Patience.

and this one is Fortitude.