This truth gave a chill to my nerves...It was confirmed that I'll be teaching Anuban 2. This is equivalent to Kindergarten level. I'll be teaching 3-4 years old children.
Just this afternoon, The English Department Head confronted me about "my decision" to teach Anuban 2 instead of Prathom 2 (Grade 2) as informed to her by our Assistant principal. I corrected her that it's not MY decision to transfer to Anuban 2 instead it's the Assistant Principal who relayed to me the news last week that the school's Manager wanted to know if it's OK for me to teach the said level. I said that it's OK for me if my MANAGER wanted me to teach Anuban 2 but if given a CHOICE I would rather choose Grade 2 because I'm familiar with them (not to mention that teaching ENGLISH to 3-4 years children is very,very challenging!). I also told her that I'm still waiting for the confirmation of my re-assignment. She said she'll convince them that I'll stay with Grade 2 and they'll just hire someone to teach Anuban 2. I'm a little bit flattered of the comment she uttered on wanting me to stay in Grade 2 because I'm a good and creative teacher of this level....Hmmmmm...
After 2 hours, she came back to me and gave me the "nerve-wrecking" news. I said it's OK for me to teach but now that it's confirmed it's seems that I wanted to run and hide away from this future responsibility.
1. I'll have THAI assistant teachers who will help organized the children. Peace and order will be maintained (this seldom happens to my Grade 2 class).
2. I will only teach 30 minutes per session instead of an hour.
3. Kindergarten children are still cute and cuddly. They'll not smell bad in the middle of the day...he..he...
4. I'll have Anuban fans...this children always calls your name everytime they see you and give you a hug and some of them will even dare to give you a kiss....
5. My love for children will be developed as well as my patience...
6. This children will listen and keep quiet when you raise your voice...actually I hate raising voices to children but I usually do it with my Grade 2's with matching "big eyes" when they started to become restless and ran around the classroom and playing "tag".
When I'll be teaching kindergarten, I'll lost the privilege of one-week break every THAI TEST. There are three major THAI TEST in a semester. In teaching kindergarten, we're required to make our own worksheet and check it.
In order to avoid the heavy feeling, I look at the brighter sides of teaching kindergarten instead of dwelling on the hardship of teaching kindergarten. I came up with this advantages:
1. I'll have THAI assistant teachers who will help organized the children. Peace and order will be maintained (this seldom happens to my Grade 2 class).
2. I will only teach 30 minutes per session instead of an hour.
3. Kindergarten children are still cute and cuddly. They'll not smell bad in the middle of the day...he..he...
4. I'll have Anuban fans...this children always calls your name everytime they see you and give you a hug and some of them will even dare to give you a kiss....
5. My love for children will be developed as well as my patience...
6. This children will listen and keep quiet when you raise your voice...actually I hate raising voices to children but I usually do it with my Grade 2's with matching "big eyes" when they started to become restless and ran around the classroom and playing "tag".
I hope I can find more good reasons of teaching kindergarten to make enjoy my teaching career here in Thailand where ENGLISH language is not well-practiced because it's not well-accepted except for few.
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I will be praying for you.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry...kaya mo yan, God be with you!
ReplyDeleteThats a big challenge teaching little ones. I used to be a teacher. The last grade I handled before I resigned were 1st grader ages 6 to 7 years old. It was a challenge teaching them to read, especially some of them didn't undergo kindergarten because it was a public school. So, take it and enjoy the company of those little angels, you can do it.
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Hello:) Thank you for your prayers. I posted a quick update on my blog. Do you teach in Thailand? My brother is teaching English in China right now. My husband and his family are from Laos. It sounds like you are the perfect person for the job-worries and all:)!! Blessings! Amanda:)
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