update on relief teaching

and i got a phone call at 4:30pm today asking me to sub tomorrow. and i'm also on the hook for an activity.

i just made a mad dash down to the library for books on Canada. time to pull out the little random fact booklet project.

oh and i thought i should mention something to the teachers who read this. kiwi teachers get 3 weeks a year of sick leave but there is something else thats going to make you drop everything and move here.

if you catch an illness from one of the kids in your class you call in sick but it is not counted to your sick days. nope not making this up, talked to a guy who does teacher payrolls. teachers here end up with months and months of sick leave because they don't have to count the stuff they catch in class. as an end result a teacher nearing retirement with 4-6 months sick leave finds an accomodating doctor who says "too bad you are too ill to work for the next 4-6 months, you had better take time off" and bam they use their sick leave and oh look i'm retired.