Hello again. I'm having a great time here so far. I'm currently sitting at work during my break. I've settled in, this being the end of my first full week. The job's not bad, the kids love to go apeshit for the first couple of classes since most are kindergarten aged or younger. They're not bad to deal with though, much better than assholes in a phone store complaining about their rate plans.
The culture here is quite different from back home. The locals are obsessed with work and think that working overtime for no extra pay is par for the course. We, the waygooks (foreigners), are exempt from the expectation of free work (we have a bit of a social stigma surrounding us from most accounts). I've seen people in my school actually sitting and doing nothing since they are expected to wait around for their time to be up, even though their is nothing productive being accomplished.
There is also a huge drinking culture here, one that overshadows that of Newfoundland's by a large margin. Getting absolutely smashed into oblivion is the norm. And not just on the weekends. I saw a middle-aged man in a business suit covered in his own vomit on a Sunday morning around 12 PM this past weekend. Surprising that he was out that late since most of the population here is Christian.
My classes are starting in a few minutes so I have to cut it short but I do have some pics up of my school and the environs. There is a walking hill near where I work which is nice because I have a bit of free time on Tuesday and Thursday to walk around. Here they are.
Andrew
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