Teaching 101

Teaching has been going really well, and most days it doesn't even seem like work. My students are always incredibly friendly and make every exchange very entertaining. Most are super eager to improve their English, knowing that it's their ticket to getting a better job. This is very helpful when it comes to my lessons because if they don't understand something they aren't afraid to ask questions. Some even come to my office during breaks to have conversations about random things they want to know more about, for example prom. There are many things that they don't have in Thailand, prom being one of them, but also many Christmas traditions. However, they have incorporated numerous international practices into their celebration of the holiday, caroling being one of them. The school band played a few popular carols during our Christmas assembly and suprisingly, many students knew all of the words! I hear them singing popular songs in English extremely often, even though they most likely don't have a clue what they're saying haha. Listening to their erroneous pronunciation always brightens up my day haha, we all know that it's the effort that counts. One of my favourite lessons is filling in the blanks to song lyrics, the students love it. Sometimes the tune has to be repeated many times until they've clearly heard every blanked out word, but afterwards we all sing together. One girl in particular has an amazing voice, often performing in front of 1000+ spectators at our school. There are more joys than I would have ever imagined being a teacher, discovering new ones every single day. I can't believe that this semester is already half over... I only have 2 more months of teaching in Thailand. Time flies when you're having fun!

It's honestly not a coincidence that my smallest class is my favourite class!

P.S. Wes arrives in three hours! My last two months here couldn't get any better!