Random things I've noticed:
Traffic is very weird here. Sometimes we move through the traffic so slowly that it seems like I will never make it to school on time. The buses end up sitting in the middle of intersections for what seems like over fifteen minutes. Other days we speed along and I get to school twenty minutes early. All of this seems to have no relation to what time I leave the house. I left earlier yesterday and ended up getting here right before 8:20, while I got here at 8:05 today.
There is definitely a former general working as a crossing guard at the elementary school behind the middle school I work at. His uniform is not one that I recognize and he definitely has a shit-ton of medals. He looks very dignified and seems to take his job very seriously. We just have the school security guard do crossing duty. He is very nice though and says hi to me in the halls.
The giant tower blocks create huge masses of children who swarm across the road on their way to school. I think the kids from each tower must meet up in the lobby or whatever and all walk to school together. You see the waves of giant blobs suddenly appearing and squishing their way through the traffic to cross the street.
Abbi says that the tower apartments remind her of that movie attack the block. I think it would be cool to live in one because you'd get a pretty awesome view of the city.
Last night we got bubble tea and walked around the streets near Abbi's school. I saw one of my students waiting at a bus stop. He seems like one of the "cool kids" and jokes a round in class. He was very surprised when I waved to him. He did one of those double takes like "Is teacher really out at night with a girl?" Or maybe he didn't recognize me at first without my teacher clothing on.
I finally decided that I'm going to wear flip flops/slippers at school. I was waiting for someone to tell me to because on the first or second day I asked my co-teacher and she said not to worry about it. I then noticed that literally every other teacher has slippers or at least indoor shoes that they keep at their desk. I think these will be more comfortable anyway.
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