My first full week of teaching is now finished. It was wonderful. I got home and felt revived and like "Yeah, I can do this. I like this." Not that the first days were bad by any means, they were just very much FIRST days ... just like at school; everyone is getting used to everyone and everything, and after a few days everyone knows what to do and what to expect. Not that we've fallen into routine by any means ... but I'm comfortable.... and excited. The fact that the kids can't understand a word that I'm saying is still hard, but also hilarious; i guess i never really thought about how that would be. I just kept thinking that what I was going to teach these kids was the same concepts that i teach in kindergarten ... and it is - the same CONCEPTS. But things like, "Let's practice" or "let me hear you say it" or "make a line" - they just stare at me. It's kind of humbling, actually. I was journaling tonight about how i started to act things out and demonstrate a lot more, rather than just talk. But even then, even with my acting, they sometimes didn't get it. So then, i guess it's comforting to think that they are atleast entertained ... even if they don't understand. With the kids it's so much fun to laugh and be silly. Today I said "repeat" (or something like that) and when no one responded, I started to laugh and said "yoooo hoooo" and put my hand on my ear and they laughed with me ... and then understood what i was asking them to do. We laugh a lot. Kids are kids ... all over the world.
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