So today I taught my first class. Taught is way to strong of a word to be using here, I think the word helped will do just fine. I helped with two classes; one of second graders, and one of fourth graders. So many people told me that once I met the kids, I would want to take them home with me, and that is not a lie. Those kids are so cute. Even with them all speaking in that foriegn tounge I call Japanese. I don't think they liked me much, and I did feel rather lame, but at that time I was pretty okay with it.
It was a mix of emotions as these kids would all speak Japanese to each other, and then to me suddenly English. I started out as feeling so out of the loop, to being the master of English they could turn to. Talk about your ups and downs.
I don't quite know what to think yet, as there are times the thought is "What the heck was I thinking coming over here?" and the rare thought of "This is an opportunity people don't typically get to have." I pray that as the week goes on, and time goes on after that, I will feel like I did come out here for a reason, and that I won't want to leave when it gets to the end. As for now, I sit mixed.
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