Sometimes....

      Sometimes, when teaching English abroad, after drilling vocabulary and having the 20th kid copy your every word when you ask them, "What's your name?", you need to just throw your hands in the air and embrace the boundless energy of kindergarteners that prevents them from sitting still!  The other day was one of those days! So, with the last ten minutes of class, after the worksheet had been completed and I was ready to tear out my hair, my TT(Thai teacher) and I whipped out the cameras and let the kids run wild! And run while they did! I was far from overwhelmed though, this is the time when the kids are having fun, are relaxed and their individual personalities shine through!
     Recently, I've been asked, "Will you continue teaching?" and I still don't have an definitive answer, but I can say that it is times like these, with 5 year old boys crowding the camera to show you their best karate moves and the girls shyly posing with their hands twisted into the shape of a heart, that I feel like teaching English abroad is not something I want to give up in the near future! As for the other times, when kids say to me, "I like happy!" and 8 kids want to go to the bathroom at the same time and there is only 5 minutes left to complete the worksheet, well, let's just say I'm glad that at the end of the day I get to go home to my quiet and child-free apartment! :)