I'm starting my third year of teaching English in Korea. Some still may be shocked because they know about my grammar struggles and spelling issues ;). However, I have made it through and from the start at the small acadamy to this new shiny public school I can only say that I'm getting better...
I can remember my first panic filled days at the hogwan. I had no idea what I was doing or how to teach anything. I talked to fast and I lost my voice. I always had extra time on my hands and I just got tired of trying to entertain the little children.
My next year at public school I still didn't really know what I was doing, but one coteacher showed me how to be an amazing teacher. How to pick games that weren't only fun, but actually made them learn. How to have fun, but pull out the teacher face when I needed it. He was a great teacher and I admired him because he strives to do better at his job when others just do the same things.
This year when I started I may have been tired, but I left that outside the classroom. When I enter the room the students are called to attention. They listen, they work hard, and then we play hard and this time I have learned when we do activities I do them with them and try to have just as much fun :). So far I have gotten many compliments about my energy in class. Maybe some of the teachers find that hard to believe because when I arrive in the morning I'm tired tired tired.... But I manage to find it in me to open the classroom doors, put a smile on, and a bounce in my step. I do this because I remember all the teachers that have worked hard to teach me and I really do owe it to them to do a decent job of it.
Each time the kids learn more and I learn more. This year may be the most tiring, but I think it will be my best work yet.
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