Finals Day One was a success!! Our secondary students (3rd-5th) had their first day of finals today. They had Reading, Listening, Writing, and Speaking tests. My first class started with the Listening portion of their test. I put the CD in...and an Australian man was giving them the test!! The students couldn't understand ANYTHING he was saying, and I coud barely decipher the man, too. I paused the CD and went to find Darren. I tried to explain the situation, but he thought it was okay. We went into the classroom, and I played the CD for him. He was shocked! (Darren has told me before that he and the students can't hear a difference in accents from America or other countries.) I think this Australian guy was a different story though because all of his words were sort of muffled together. Darren took the CD out of the machine and asked me to give the students the test orally. So, I ended up having to read their Listening portion of the test for them...and again five more times for my other classes. It was an unexpected role for me, but a much-needed one. The students were a lot more comfortable, and felt better being able to understand the person speaking :)
I have been unable to get my gas stove to work in my house. I was told how to turn the gas on and off, and how to turn the knobs, but every time I tried, nothing happened. I just couldn't get it to work...I even showed my parents on Skype to see if maybe I was doing something wrong. My dad thought it was probably out of gas. This morning, I asked Darren if he could come by my house sometime soon and see what was wrong with my gas stove. Not only is he our boss, he's the official handyman for Beth and me :) Darren told me he would try to figure out what was wrong.
He texted me around 9pm tonight and told me he could come by my house and look at the stove after he left the school. He came over...and turned the knobs, AND IT WORKED!! The flame came right up when he turned it on. I was so confused because I hadn't even turned on the gas yet...Turns out, this whole time, I've had the on/off switch backwards. So, for a whole month now, I've had the gas ON in my house. Every time I tried to turn on the stove, I would turn OFF the gas by accident, turn the knobs, and nothing would happen. Darren just cracked up laughing. I felt dumb. I kept apologizing over and over, but he didn't seem to mind. He just thought it was funny. I have to say, this was not one of my prouder moments.... :)
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