Another manic Monday had come to an end here at Maltalingua, and there was no better way to end it than with our typical afternoon by the pool, whilst munching over traditional Maltese food and drinks. Music was playing and all the students, including the newcomers, were mingling by the pool, laughing and eating away in the Maltese sunshine. It was great to see everyone having fun.
The atmosphere was fantastic, because students were having a blast sunbathing and chilling out by or inside the pool. Of course those were not the only eventful activities of the afternoon, students decided to include us teachers in their pool party, whether we liked it or not. We were begging them not to throw us in, but this was all in vain.
The first victim was Susanne, our Operations Manager, who was kindly thrown in, and soon after Katrin was the next victim, who was sized up by Dino and Cedric. Before she knew it, Michela’s fate was to join the other victims in the pool too. Although I tried to make a run for it, it was an unsuccessful attempt, because I was stopped inside the lift by Michela and Susanne who wouldn’t accept the fact that I was the only one who got away. Once they finally got their hands on me, I decided to give up and dive into the pool myself. It was obviously no use to continue trying to run away, as I was outnumbered. Both students and colleagues surrounded me, to make sure I got drenched too!
However being thrown in the pool once, was certainly not enough. The students seemed to like the idea of getting their own back on their teachers. So they decided to keep throwing us in a number of times. I guess this was their time of sweet revenge for all the hard work and homework we assign to them during their lessons. I must say, the look on our students’ faces was simply priceless. Later we tried to seek revenge on our comfortably dry student Ralf, who initially tried to run away, but then decided to jump in when he was being ganged up by his classmates and teachers.
This was both a fun packed event, and undoubtedly, a student packed event. It was a great opportunity for them to meet new people from other classes, to practise their English and socialise with their classmates and teachers. It was definitely a unique way to get over our Monday Blues!
written by Michaela Griscti
