All my life I’ve made fun of teachers. I will be doing that a lot less from now on.
Teaching is seriously difficult. Today was actually my first day teaching EVER (tutoring doesn’t count). Some of these kids have never seen a single word of English in their lives; one of them only speaks Taiwanese (a language I wish I understood)!
But the kids are great, though. They are really shy during class, but once I started talking to them casually, they became really active. I think we’ll have to do this more as the days go by.
Teaching is exhausting in practically every way. Phil and I had to come up with these lesson plans, make them interesting, and appeal to our kids: all at once. Easier said than done. But teaching is meant to be a joint learning experience. That’s why I am looking forward to tomorrow; something new to learn every minute for everyone.
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