At the beginning of February a new class started in our school. It's called Nivelacion, a six month intensive English class for students of various ages who have no english, but who wish to start our school the following August.
Usually Jake, our boss hires another qualified teacher from America to come and take over the class, however this year he has entrusted this class with myself, Kate and Nicole (another girl the same age as us who has taken some of our other classes)
It's a huge responsibility… We and we alone are responsible for getting these kids, some of them 16 up to their grade level of English in just six months! We have kids from 7 to 16 in one class and it's hugely challenging, the big people work extremely quickly and the small people…well at the pace of a small child...but even just a month in it has been so rewarding and I'm so glad that we have been given this opportunity!
We got our own classroom, somewhere to work instead of out in the corridors, we have somewhere to decorate and most importantly, we have our own children now. They are only taught by the three of us and so they are our children. We are full time teachers now and revelling in the happiness that comes from teaching these kids!
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