It was somewhat disorienting to be back in the classroom teaching after this holiday, and the cold weather shock (no heat in classrooms) was the biggest adjustment. Since I was already in 'math mode' from doing all those masters degree assignments over the winter holiday the teaching was easy to get back into. But certainly not for the students, who are taking some time to warm up and get their brains back into math solving mode again.
On that note, we have two major math contests (Fermat and Cayley) coming up in a few weeks. These almost got lost in the mail due to poor delivery timing and arrival when the school was closed for the holiday. But they arrived OK finally.
The next big thing is to apply for a license that students can write the AP Calculus test in May directly at our school. This should go OK, in that Collegeboard approved my course syllabus (required audit) and it's now a matter of using that approval to apply for a license to get the tests delivered on campus.
Otherwise, the students have to cross the city and write the test at some obscure location.
Summer holidays will be here before I know it. I'm already getting some ideas. Yes, Thailand, again, to do it properly during the monsoon and not in the peak season madness that I just went through. 3 weeks is not long enough for a winter holiday, but we do make up for it with a FULL two months summer break, whereas other international schools only have perhaps 6 weeks in July and August.
That being said, to take full advantage of that, I would not go to Canada during such a time. So it's a matter of either going during the May holiday break, or not going at all and asking the school to give cash in lieu of an airplane ticket. Still debating this one.
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