I just spent the past two hours teaching 17 Thai children English... or attempting to. I only found out yesterday that I was supposed to teach this two hour class and only had an hour this morning to prepare. Surprisingly I think it went pretty well. I am no professional by any means, but I did my best. The first hour we spent learning animals names, which apparently they had learned before. Then we did a bit of pictionary to test them on the names. For the second half we learned different feelings and then practices writing some of the words in sentences.
If I wasn't aware before (which I was) then I definitely am now... I could never be a teacher. Well, strike that, I could be. It would just be MUCHO difficult. Preparing lesson plans, molding minds, keeping their interest... that is some difficult stuff. Kudos to all the teachers out there! And extra kudos to the ones teaching a foreign language when you don't speak your students native language because from my experience that is difficult! Poor kids, every five seconds I had my head in the Thai-English translation book.
Phew. I am glad I made it through. Hopefully I will be more prepared for next time. And I better start preparing now because next time is tomorrow! Wish me luck!
Til next time! :)
I admire the way you step up to the plate and embrace the challenges and tasks that are before you. You are the bomb, no question about it!
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