Back to Reality...

and loving it.

After seven months of hiking, biking, swimming, reading, traveling and enjoying all the beauty Switzerland has to offer, I headed back to work in mid-August, as a math teacher at the International School of Zug and Luzern (www.iszl.ch). So far, so good, as my sixth and seventh graders are hard working and eager to learn (despite the photo on the right showing desks delivered on the first day of school...). More on the kids later.
A lot has happened since my last post on July 21, so here's a review:

• One of my former Tamanend students and her family visited on July 23. We had a wonderful time touring Zurich for the day, sampling chocolates, taking a boat ride, and just enjoying the sites. Easily one of the coolest experiences of my teaching career.
• On July 24, I headed back to PA for the first time since moving to Switzerland. GREAT trip. Golfed with family and friends, caught up with old TMS colleagues, had a bball team reunion at Thunderbird Lanes in Warminster, golfed some more, headed to Avalon for a few fun and relaxing beach days, caught a Phillies game, and golfed a bit more.
• After a jam-packed US trip, I arrived back in Switzerland on Sunday, August 10, just one day before starting my new job at ISZL. Snuck in a quick game of touch football Sunday night before my first day...

And since then, my life's been filled with 6th and 7th grade math, half marathon training, soccer matches, student council, and the MYP (middle years program) terminology used at my new school. Fun times.