Wet & Windy Weather

My first week in England has been a real treat! Because none of the other student teachers will arrive until the 23^rd, I have really been given the royal treatment by the school staff and others: dinners out, personal tour guides, and all-knowing locals to drive me about.  I’m glad to get to experience a lot of the simple local culture of the countryside as well as partake in the touristy hot spots. 

I love it here.  The wet and windy weather means its always time for hot cocoa or a tottie.  England is aged to perfection: stone walks, flint houses, & iron gates all seemingly older than time tell the stories of the lives lived here long before my own.  It is all hoped it would be as ancient traditions seem to collide with what modern fads have to offer for a time.  The streets, though narrow & bumpy, are filled with cars and lorries where once where simple carts and carriages -there hardly seems room for so many vehicles in such a place.  And while the shops and villages look similar to those in Harry Potter, sadly, mom jeans and bad lipstick run untamed.  I can say that Suffolk is a perfect balance between Pride & Prejudice combined with Bridget Jones. 

The air force bases are lovely and I am quite impressed with the schools and the curriculums I am to teach.  The staffs from all the schools on all three bases are one big family that has very quickly taken me under wing.  I feel confident that my student teaching experience is going to be so much more than I thought it could be & I can not wait to get started.