Ok, so after such a downer of a blog post, I promise that this one will be much happier to read. I have had a rather successful week teaching. Jam-packed, as always, but I have had some very enjoyable lessons and experiences with my students.
Some highlights of the week included;
A student working ‘it’s grape to meet you’ into their town introduction speech.
A group of students creating a movie trailer as a sequel to the story they were presenting (which actually showed terrific reading comprehension skills!).
Seeing students usually not motivated to learn English being super excited to participate in an English game.
Being told that students who would be absent all week, were usually always at school on the days they had a class with me.
The last one really helped change the direction of my downhill spiral. To think that the students like me enough to want to be at school and learn English, perhaps I’m not doing such a bad job here after all. Maybe I am making progress. Maybe I am a true role model for these students.
I am starting to feel recharged and my motivation is starting to creep back. It’s nice to feel re-energized and inspired at work again. Before I felt like I was drowning, but now I feel I’m starting to resurface. Receiving that compliment was like a hand reaching out to pull me back up again. I wish I could receive more feedback like this from my teachers more often!
Regardless, I feel like I’m slowly making my way back up from this silly cultural shock. While I know that it won’t be the last time I feel like this, I feel I have gained some ways of pulling myself out of that trap. Fingers crossed though I don’t hit that low for a long time yet!!
