T minus 22 days

This week, it has struck me that not only will I be teaching in Namibia, a country whose culture will be altogether new to me, but that I will also be running my very own classroom for the first time.  I will get two weeks of training to prepare for a new curriculum for a new country in a new school.  But at least one thing will remain the same; I will make sure to dedicate time in the beginning of my semester to setting up routines and classroom procedures to help the students know what my expectations are of them every day and every class.  We will work together to develop goals and expections of everyone in the class.  Because I believe that mutual love and respect between teachers-students is the pulse that drives success in a classroom. So at least my first day of school is sort of planned.