So I got my schedule for the new school year. I was mostly worried about who would be my partner for homerooms, but I got lucky there and got one of my favorite teachers as my partner. We've already taught English together, so I know her and know that we can work well together. What really worries me now is everything else. Due to my school being somewhat mentally challenged in the administrative department, they've reduced the number of foreign teachers from 6 to 5. Which is just not enough people to teach all the classes. Of course the other 5 of us have to pick up all the classes that the sixth person should be teaching. So next year, I will teach English conversation to my homeroom 2 hours a week, and art to everybody 10 hours a week, and English Conversation to the third graders, whose homeroom teacher has been downsized away, 2 hours a week, and 5 hours of high school English classes as well. All of the other teachers have a similarly packed schedule. I'll probably be able to pull it off, but I am going to be exhausted. The problem is that I won't be able to really apply myself to my classes as much as I'd like.


