This is so neat.. I'm so interested. Somewhere in Ireland there is a robin that just laid eggs in a nest. There is a camera close to the nest, and this website is providing live feed of the robin and its chicks. Second class has it up on the interactive whiteboard all day. The eggs hatched a couple days ago and it's great to see the male robin bring back food to the chicks, and to see their little heads pop out. It's worth looking at, tons of people here are talking about it!
http://www.rte.ie/radio/mooneygoeswild/features/mooneycam/
Click on "View the Robin's Nest"
There was a religion lesson in 2nd class today. The kids were asked to think about things they were thankful for, then they formed groups and wrote little prayers. They were cute.
Second class always prays before they eat. This is what they pray:
"Let us take a moment
to thank God for our food
For friends around the table
and everything that's good.
Amen"
Today I taught a short lesson on how to find how much change you'd get from 2 Euro if you spent certain amounts. This was more of a disaster than I had realized it would be. First of all, I was trying to demonstrate subtracting
2.00
-1. 5 7
_____
.. easy enough, right? Wrong! The kids here learn how to subtract differently than in the States, so that was fun. I was showing them the crossing out and borrowing and they were looking at me like I was crazy. They cross out and borrow too, just in a different way. Then, I didn't know how to write their cent sign. Turns out it's just a "c" without the line through it like ours. THEN, I kept saying dollars instead of Euros. Such simple things can turn into complicated messes here.. oh my. We managed to make it, but not without some minor struggles.
I did feel really proud today when I said Oisin's name correctly. It's really hard to pronounce, and the emphasis is not where you'd think it would be. I called on him and all the sudden they were all saying, "She said it right! No one can ever pronounce his name!" I felt like I fit in for once:)
I am getting sick and it seems like I may lose my voice, which will not be ideal for being in the Junior Infants classroom tomorrow and Friday. I stopped by a pharmacy today hoping for some Zicam. Sadly, my hopes were too high- no Zicam here. I did not have much time to browse around looking for something similar because I had to catch the bus, so I asked a woman who worked there. She gave me a box of Uniflu which has "tablets" (pills) and vitamins (which they pronounce vittamins). Hopefully this will be the ticket to my health, but my hopes are not too high.
Steph and I booked a trip to Belfast in Northern Ireland this weekend. There is no school on Monday, it's a Bank Holiday. I'm not quite sure what the point of these Bank Holidays is, but basically no one has school and banks aren't open on these days. There is nothing in particular to celebrate on this day, people just get the day off work. Works just fine for us! We're planning to stay there three nights! We've heard it's absolutely beautiful. We plan to visit Giant's Causeway, which is an ancient volcanic eruption site. We also are going to visit one of the Titanic's last stops before it set off to New York. I have heard it's a really neat place to visit.
I'm getting ready to go eat dinner, although I'm not very hungry. I often eat too many snacks after school and spoil my appetite. Steve says I'm the "phantom snacker." Anytime I'm hungry he asks, "Did you snack again?" It's not as common here to eat in between meals.
Random things:
-They said "zed" for the letter "z."
-Steph and I watched the "Tonight Show with Quinn Dahle" a couple weeks ago. Turns out Quinn Dahle's daughter goes to Steph's school! How crazy, she's seen a celebrity here and she didn't even realize it! Although, seeing a celebrity here isn't as big of a deal as it is in the states, because Ireland is smaller than Indiana alone.
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