Funny you should bring it up Anita cause I have been experiencing this lately...
I am in a relaxed-reflective-sad-and-happy mood plus I �m listening to Dream a Little Dream right now so don �t mind me if I write a long post...
My adult students haven �t been very regular in their classes recently, though some of them are very regular... I sometimes think if my classes are ridiculous and bore them to death...
Although there is one guy in particular in my Elementary group, there was a time when he first joined he couldn �t say a word... God, he is just getting better by the week... And he has very poor writing skills, but he can now joke in English and gained so much in confidence...
All of them have, really...
The other one who began at the same time, his story upsets me greatly, would you believe at some point he used to be the best in class, and then he started missing classes and became disinterested somehow, and now he rarely comes at all, but I had such hopes for him...
Funny how sometimes you receive the best results from a student who you ddin �t expect to receive it from... And the ones who seem eager to learn drop out...
And this Brazilian girl... for the first two days in class she refused to do anything so I didn �t poke her, but today she has just been great and worked so hard and did her best...and enjoyed herself, too...
And the two older ones, even though it �s hard for them for their age to work with mostly youngsters... still they try and progress...
I am talking about my Elementary group for whom I yesterday found a new teacher, a very lovely one, thank God...
Anyway, they were saaad when I told them I �m going... You know how they go "Aaaahhh..."
And this is sort of bitter-sweet, you know what I mean?... You are happy to find they love you, but then all of a sudden you realise that you �d rather not leave them... And I would rather not, but I can �t continue managing two groups any longer, because my paperwork just piles up and makes me feel guilty...
I think I �ll miss them because it is particularly with those Beginner-Elementary students that you can see the results of your work easier...
Even though I �m practically next door I �ll miss them...
On the other hand, my morning group is half-empty... Why?... No idea... Only the most faithful ones remain... Depends on each particular combination of people, I guess...
It is probably silly trying to search for my crime (or not?), just reflcetions, you know...
Anyways, the song is finished, better start my ironing...
Btw, in The Most Extreme programme on animals, the flea was pronounced the greatest jump-er in the world! It�s as if a man could jump over a skyscraper!
