Halloweekend

I attended a pair of Saturday night Halloween parties last night. Check out more pictures over on Kate Nova's blog. I was able to make the transformation into a Mormon missionary frighteningly easily. No offence intended to actual Mormons - although if I happen to offend Republican mormon presidential candidate Mitt Romney, that would be fun, but mostly because he's a Republican. If I had planned better in advance, I could have ordered some Mitt Gear, my favourite being a novelty foam baseball mitt. "Great for Kids and Adults!" Because nothing is scarier than Republicans, especially waving foam mitts.

increasing darkness, snow, and children

My week has been a hectic one. I started a new job on Monday, which I almost didn't start due to a police-check mix-up. My afternoons consist of a whirlwind of visiting classrooms with children who, at their worst moments, have climbed on top of their desks, climbed under their teacher's desk, sworn at me, worn laundry hampers on their head, and hit me in the face with said laundry hamper. Having said all that, mostly things have been going really well. Honest. I haven't planned any serious work yet, so we've mostly just played math-related games. Hopefully I can continue being the guy who visits the inuktitut classrooms and does fun stuff, with an increasingly focused plan to teach a full slate of math and English skills.

Hopefully, I will be able to keep a positive outlook as it gets dark earlier and earlier. It's already looking pretty gloomy by 5pm. I'm told we lose 50 minutes of daily light each week.

Also, it appears as though the snow has settled in as a long-term resident. My blog header shows the view from my window from a few days ago. My big red parka has became my new companion. Photos of me hidden behind my furry hood to follow.

Not quite Cape Dorset

Today I checked out the Cape Dorset print collection, which started showing in town. There was some amazing stuff! Like this:

Job List

For those keeping score.

Previously:
1.) Daycare (weekdays)
2.) Library (2 weekdays + Saturday afternoon)
3.) Tutoring prisoners (volunteer, once a week)

Currently:
1.) Reading tutor at elementary school (weekday mornings)
2.) ESL Math teacher at elementary school (weekday afternoons)
3.) Library (2 weekdays + Saturday afternoon, although I'll probably drop a shift soon)
4.) Adult ESL teacher at college (one evening a week)

So, it looks like that Education degree is of some use after all.