Through the Eyes of a Wombat

Day One at my base school...

Once again, no classes today, but they promise me that I will have a class tomorrow...

What DID happen on the other hand, apart from the usual speeches to the staff, the whole school assembly, and greeting giggling students in the corridor, was a day wandering around a new school, trying to not get lost.

At one stage, while left to my own devices in the English staffroom (we have couches!), I decided to go exploring.
Ran into a teacher in the corridor, who stopped, and introduced himself to me in English. Apparently he has a desk near mine, but was busy this morning so couldnt come to say hello. All is well and good, until he just happens to mention in conversation that we are going to have an earthquake evacuation drill this afternoon.
I said, OK... naturally assuming it would be some amount of time away.
Not four seconds passed then until the sirens started, and the PA was announcing "Earthquake, earthquake, evacuate, evacuate!"

Oh, you mean right now....

So we all evacuated to the tennis court... whereupon I noticed all the students are wearing their INDOOR slippers!
Ooh... naughty!! But logical. You dont really want to stop to change shoes while the building is collapsing around you.....

Never fear though... this was what the students had to walk through to get back into the building..