Class that makes it worthwhile

I had such a great Basic Eng class this afternoon. I left smiling, as I so often after that class finishes. They're so motivated to learn and extremely appreciative of the work that I do for them. I tutor some of them for a few hours a week outside of class, and one of those tutoring sessions was the main thing that made me reconsider going home.

Jorge teaches some of them in convo, and he said that once he saw them drawing an anime version of me and saying how much they like me and my suwaaaaayy hair. I really enjoy the relationship I have with this class (obviously). It makes it worth it to know that I'm reaching these 30 students, especially since 2 of my other classes are definitely not as positive. Anyway, I know I'm not being very eloquent here, but I guess the point is that this particular class makes me feel like I'm actually doing some good as a teacher. They reassure me that I made a good decision to stay here awhile longer.

So, to Maprang, Kwan, Puone, Om-Am, Nack, A, Pat, Cheng, NungNing, Milk, Pop, Ham, Mark, Jub and ALLLLLL the rest, I secretly send you a little thanks for being such good students and brightening my teaching days. Kap khun kaa.

Pat, Puone, Om-Am & Mark
from Basic English (grammar) class

Eng I Convo students
Their assignment: Make a poster
telling/showing me why you're so cool.

My favorite Eng I Convo class

I swear this blog won't completely turn into a duplication of my students' writings that make me laugh, but for now, here are some excellent excerpts from their opinion paragraphs:

• In my opinion, the best musician that I like is Wannasigh Prasertkul. The first reason is because he is dead sexy. (bonus points for using some of my personal favorite vocabulary)
• In my opinion, I think everything is all the biggest problem in the world.
• People in the world use many battery and after that it must burn a battery and then it must have bad air. Sometime I see in the canal has many junk and it has a smelly. Factory exhausts a smoke on the sky. People are smoking every place. People use spray can. Finally the buffalo must fart and it has metain [methane] gas. For all of reason it will make a global warming.
• But I will try to learn and pay attention to learn. In the next class, I will find mp3 to listen to in this subject. It will make me feel good and not too boring. :)
• Sixth reason this promble [problem] make animals don't have abode.
• Finally, I think that Math doesn't useful for my life, such as when I sell something, I don't need to use trigonometry for counting the price or I don't need to factor the number for buying something.
• Another reason I like her, because she sings the international songs. For example: Dhoom-Dhoom, Sexy Naughty Bitchy, etc.
• Do you think so? If one day have many pollution, the world will hot and hot, and how can you stay in the world? Hmm?

Now it's time for me to actually grade the papers and see if I still like them as much after I'm blind and the ink in my green pen runs dry...

with Nat from Basic Eng Convo