The REAL teaching began on 8/5 (and ended on 8/13!)

That was the shortest job I ever held! Boy was I in over my head! I had four courses to teach (one with two sections) for a total of five 50-minute classes every day. While it's true that the administrative tasks took almost all of my time, and that there were logistical problems that kept me from being effective, the real problem was my hearing. I could not understand what my students were saying to me unless I walked over to the speaker and stood right in front of them. Even then, it was really difficult. Couple that with my long-standing inability to remember names, and I was doomed. 

I've only now recovered my composure and gotten my head back to some version of together. It's definitely the end of my K-12 teaching career. Those seven days cost me about $1,500/day. 

Oh well, now I can concentrate on my wife's two on-line courses and help her with English.

Live and Learn!