a few interesting conversations

I had a few interesting conversations with different ones in the past few days. But my mind is a little preoccupied with study materials and reflections that camce in the course of the first day of work.

I remembered feeling a bit annoyed with a few students because I felt that they were very slow at following instructions. Then I thought how important it is to have compassion, especially when I am teaching a class of a lower ability. An extraordinary amount of compassion because yes, they may be lazy, yes, they may be stubborn, yes, they may not make the effort to do what is right, but they are kids afterall and they are kids whose parents do not spend enough time with them. They are kids who do not have the privilege of experiencing more than they could. I need to bear all these in mind and extend a supernatural amount of grace and mercy to them so I am able to give my best to them in every way. I really must commit the day to the Lord every single morning.

Met the trainee teacher who's going to start taking 3/4 of my English periods for a month starting next week. She's so small sized and soft. I can't help but question her ability to manage my class. We will see how it goes. Poor girl.

Gotto get back to studying. Oh. I am grounded this week. Deliberately ground myself so I can study. Test on Monday. Ganbatte!
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