A Day in the Life

As my super busy schedule begins to slow down a bit, I thought I'd take some time to give you an idea of a typical day in the life of a (busy) private English teacher.

For your leisurely reading, here's an excerpt from my Google Calendar:

Monday:
9:30-11:30 AM: Class with Miquel at home
11:45 AM: Leave house to catch train to Castelldefels
1:00-3:00 PM: Class with three young professionals over their lunch hour
4:00 PM: Arrive back home
4:45 PM: Leave house to catch metro
5:30-7:30 PM: Class with Gina at her Residence Hall
7:30-9:00 PM: Class with Nargiz at her Residence Hall


Tuesday:
8:00 AM: Leave house to catch metro
8:30-9:30 AM: Class with Dulcis
10:00 AM: Arrive back home
10:15-12:15 PM: Class at home with Miquel
1:15 PM: Leave house to catch metro
2:00-3:30 PM: Class with Lali and Lara over their lunch hour
3:30-5:20 PM: Hang out in the library and lesson plan
5:30-6:30 PM: Class with Ander
7:15 PM: Arrive home
7:30-8:30 PM: Class with Bori at home

Wednesday:
8:00 AM: Leave house to catch metro
8:30-9:30 AM: Class with Dulcis
10:00 AM: Arrive back home
10:15-11:15 PM: Class at home with Miquel
11:45 AM: Leave house to catch train to Castelldefels
1:00-3:00 PM: Class with three young professionals over their lunch hour
3:00 PM: Take the train to next class
4:00 PM: Drink a quick cup of coffee as motivation for my next class
4:45-5:45: Class with the 11-year-olds at their school
6:15 PM: Arrive home
7:30-9:30 PM: Class with Rebeca and Ana at home

And there are still two more days to go in the week! Phew.

So as you can see, the life of a free-lance teacher is pretty demanding because of the nature of private classes. Although I don't have class constantly throughout the day, I am still on duty for more than 12 hours per day. I have to travel a lot between classes, and lesson plan during my breaks. Catching the metro every few hours honestly sucks (not to mention sitting on it for up to 50 minutes), and lesson planning requires a lot of brain power. And I usually have class over the lunch hour, which means I have to snack throughout the day or eat out a lot, which doesn't really mesh with my beloved Spanish lifestyle.

On the bright side, the classes are going well and I think I'm really getting the hang of this whole teaching thing. Plus, with all these hours, I'm gonna be rollin' in the euro real soon. Which is really great since the next thing on my life agenda is traveling.

...Has it really only been two months since my first day of school?