October 6, 2010
I went to work this morning where I was forced to do diapers alone with six children because no one ever comes in to support me, but the second Yailyn is alone in a room with 3 kids, she gets support. Anyway, while I was changing a diaper, Willie and Kaeli decided to find the box of the smallest toys we have in the classroom and dump them out, look over at me and then go on to kick and throw them around the room. As soon as I finished, I made them clean it up and, since we can't take toys away from the kids, I put it back on the shelf. Went back to change the next diaper and they did the exact same thing. Again, I made them clean it up and took the toys away. I know we're not technically allowed to, but sorry. If you wont help me keep the other 5 two year-olds under control while I'm changing a diaper then they can live without a box of toys in a room filled with toys.
Frustrated beyond belief, it was a welcome break when lunch came and we managed to go down to internet to e-mail our boys back home.
Went back to work with Yana and had a fire drill. Sitting by the door with the kids waiting to go outside and waiting for the fire drill, Jan then came in to tell us that even if we're outside, we have to take the kids to the fire drill. Well, no shit, Sherlock. What the hell do you think we would do in a FIRE DRILL!!! Seriously, they must think we're brain dead zombies or something because their suggestions are seriously a slap in the face to our levels of intelligence.
Then, as I was getting ready to leave for the day, Latoya came in and asked Yana if she knew anyone from Wichita, Texas. Not thinking much about it, Erin then got the balls up to ask Jo if we could work for a day off and she flat out told us no because then she'd "have to do that for her other girls." Ummm. None of the other girls work full time and they get a little thing called vacation time. Seriously, if her logic is that we can't have something because she'd have to do it for the other girls then we should demand that we be treated like her employees if that's the level playing field she's trying to maintain. That conversation aside, Jo, adding fuel to our already burning fire of anger, turned to Latoya and said, "Did you ask the INTERNS?" Umm. First off, I know you don't know our names and think "Erin" and "Hillary" are interchangeable words, but it's seriously the rudest thing possible to not even learn the names let alone refer to them as the "interns" when they're your free labor. And, to top it off, Latoya hadn't even asked Erin and I. Just completely forgot about us even though, being from the states, we were the most likely to have family from the Texas.
After work. Erin burst into tears over Jo, but we'd made arrangements to go to Milton Keyne's with Alicja and Yana to go shopping. Went to one store, took a few pictures on these musical instruments and then went to McDonalds for dinner.
Came home and went down for internet and then went to bed.
Things I learned today:
1. There are an exorbitant amount of roundabouts here and very little traffic lights, which, for people like Erin who get car sick, is not good.
2. Ambulance lights here are blue.
3. The song "DJ" is from Russian popstars who won the Russian version of American Idol. The song is basically about how this guy wants to get closer to this girl in the club and he's asking for the DJ's help. Hilarious!
4. There is another Russian group called Viagra. "Via" means "Group" and "Gra" means "Game," but it's a pun for America's form of Viagra. ha ha ha
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