I forgot how much I enjoy teaching young people until this past Monday. My students in the bars have been unpredictable and altogether absent lately, save one who comes regularly, J. On Monday, during a break caused by lack of consistent students, I walked up to D Bar to say hello to some girls and ended up teaching two 13 year old boys, the son of a girl who works at that bar, and his friend. It was unexpected, and I'm sure they didn't appreciate the interruption to their pool game, but they humored the white girl and sat and listened for 45 minutes while I taught them the alphabet. I think it helps that I am pretty, haha. Maybe next week they will be less willing to study, but who knows. It brought me back to my year of teaching Spanish to 13-18 year olds as a 19 year old myself. Boys of this age are sassy but so much fun. I hope they continue to study.
After teaching the boys I taught an 18 year old girl, D, who just graduated from high school and will be studying to be a veterinarian at Mae Jo University next term. Meanwhile she is studying English, and has a very firm grasp on it already. She and I had a lot of fun in her lessons this week; she is a precious girl.
And so my heart is happy. Sometimes I absolutely love what I do... thank you, Jesus, for blessings like this.
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