'When you live abroad, you realize that, no matter where you are, you will always be an ex-pat. There will always be a part of you that is far away from its home and is lying dormant until it can breathe and live in full color back in the country where it belongs. To live in a new place is a beautiful, thrilling thing, and it can show you that you can be whoever you want — on your own terms. It can give you the gift of freedom, of new beginnings, of curiosity and excitement. But to start over, to get on that plane, doesn’t come without a price. You cannot be in two places at once, and from now on, you will always lay awake on certain nights and think of all the things you’re missing out on back home'.
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i really enjoy my afterschool classes because they're small, and the students are actually learning quite a bit of english. my afterschool class consists of a whopping 3 students. three girls. two of them are in 3rd grade, and one is in 4th grade. because the class is so small, i often spend a lot of time talking to the girls and really getting them to practice normal conversational english skills. we recently spent a whole month learning the months of the year, talking about birthdays, and parties. we figured out when each others birthday's were and decided we were going to have a party. two of the girls, lily and rachel, had birthdays last week, my afterschool class meets monday, wednesday, and thursday, so i promised the girls that we'd have a small party.
so, thursday rolled around, and i bought a couple of brownies (four to be exact) and packs of pencils for the birthday girls. we completed our "study time" and then sang happy birthday. I gave the girls their "gifts" and handed out the brownies. it was two of the students' birthdays so two of them received gifts. there was one leftover brownie, so i told the girls to split the brownie into three. the one girl, miso, whose birthday is in may, was a little upset, because she thought she deserved the brownie since the other girls got pencils. but i told her when it was her birthday she would be the only one with a gift and a brownie so she'd be happy. the next week came upon (monday) and everything was fine. today however, the co-teacher who is in charge of after school programs said, ' miso's mom called and she said she did not want to come to after school class anymore." |