Are you Justin Bieber?

So I’d like to start by saying anyone that voluntarily teaches middle school deserves to be canonized. No lie. Haha Yeah. At Wattaduea Community school I teach English to 3^rd grade up through 8^th grade. My 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th grades classes are a 20 year old kid with zero teaching experience who also doesn’t speak Thai’s dream. The class sizes range from 2 kids to 7 and most of them are really excited to learn English. Like I said, a dream, especially my 3^rd graders. I plan to dedicate an entire post to them later so don’t worry, you’ll hear more about them on the grounds of them being awesome.

Now grades 6-8, slightly different story. Picture if you can classes with 38 bad attitude teenagers trying to learn from a ridiculous challenging English book while having previously studied under teachers that don’t actually speak English. So definitely a few challenges there but I’m starting to get the hang of it. Youtube and “Boys vs Girls” games are pretty much my best weapons. I’ve still had to get creative though. I was teaching my sevies about rising intonation when asking questions. The book’s sentences weren’t exactly grabbing their attention so I did a little bit of a rewrite. I had everybody ask their neighbor “Are you Justin Bieber?” with crazy exaggerated rising intonation on the “ber.” The response was “I’m not Justin Beiber. I’m Lady Gaga.” They got pretty into it thanks to the far reaching abilities of American/Canadian pop music, however it did have some unintended consequences. No one in my 7^th grade class can say Justin Bieber without sounding like they’re going through puberty to the extreme. Sorry Justin!

On a completely unrelated note, fanny packs are amazing. I bought one from a little market near my house. Best investment ever. It’s like being a kangaroo without all the unwanted pressures that come with intense adorability. I will most likely be wearing it everyday for the rest of of my life so be prepared to pretend like you don't know me when I get back. haha

Me with some of the eighth graders and a few of the younger kids

Some of my sixth graders. I love this picture

That's me and my fanny pack! I know you're jealous.