Teaching News
I’ve officially survived my first week of being a real, full-time teacher! There were some ups and downs, but I’m sure that I’ll only learn and improve as the year progresses. I’ll start with the “ups”….
Reflecting on the week, I had some lessons that I’m really excited about! Plus, even with the lessons that I’m not quite so excited about I’ve had the chance to reflect and see how I could improve next time. I’m starting to get to know my students a little better: their linguistic struggles and needs and their little personalities :). Also, my coworkers are all very encouraging! After frustrations with bonked lessons and conflicting timetables, my friends here are always reassuring me that yes, it does indeed happen to everyone. Finally, even in just the past couple weeks we’ve had quite a few teacher training sessions. I’m learning so many new techniques that I’m really excited about!
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| Here I am teaching one group of third graders. |
Now, because I really want to strive for honesty in this blog… here are the “downs.” First, I made a kid cry. Well, technically it wasn’t me that triggered it, but it was in my class and I still felt bad. Something I’m learning about kids is that they cry A LOT… about ANYTHING. Also, I’m discovering that I’m not very good at classroom management. I’m having a hard time keeping my kids controlled AND still finding time to teach them things. So this goes out to all you elementary school teachers out there: Hats off to you! I have a new-found respect for what you do.
Mero saathiharu ekdaam raamro chhan. (My friends are really great).
In other news, I got to use quite a bit of Nepali yesterday – in real-life situations – for actual information exchange! Even though really all I did was ask if the shop owner still had milk available and asked for the price, I was still really excited :).
Also, as my Nepali heading indicates – I’m continuing to be so blessed by the people that I’m meeting here. This includes not only my close friends, but also the other people that God is bringing into my path. I love meeting other foreign workers here and hearing about what they are doing here in Nepal. I’ve been so encouraged by conversations with them and am learning so much about how God is moving here.
On a sadder note, today we had to say goodbye to two friends who were in Nepal for only three weeks. Joy and Louise came from Scotland to help out at KISC. They were great assets to the school and great friends to me. I’m so sad to see them go!
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| Joy and Louise. These ladies were my neighbors in my guest house. I'll really miss them! |
Sporty News
I’m still really enjoying helping out at swim practices. The other day I got to help some swimmers out with their flip turns. This is one area where I know that I know what I’m talking about – which is encouraging. Plus I just love swimming :).
I’m still running every Saturday with the triathalon club and that continues to be a huge blessing for me. Before coming abroad I told God that I would follow Him anywhere He wanted to put me… but I would really appreciate it if He would still allow me to run. It’s amazing the way He answers prayer!
Speaking of prayer… check out my updates praises and prayer requests! -->
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