MY TEACHING PRACTISES!!

Today is one of my happiest days because I finished the first part of the teaching practises thanks God. I was lucky enough to be allowed to do them in Santa Catalina school. The girls there were really nice and caring about me, especially because I had to talk to them in English, and some, if not most, were completely lost and did not understand anything. But I told them that I had to do that because it was my duty. Generally speaking, the girls paid attention to the classes, did their homework on time, and more importantly, have some fun doing their major task: learning. I think that this was the hardest part: finding interesting and fun material and activities which they could enjoy. From all the things I have done in class, the one that they liked the most was working with songs. Music has its magic I beleive. And some artists have good lyrics that help you move to different fields and enrich your classes. That is, by reading the stanzas from any song students can reflect upon feelings such as love, hate, sadness; or the lyrics can be related to the conservation of nature and many other kind of general interest.
Students have a big imagination as well. This contributes a lot with the development of the class because they reach to conclusions that you have not even thought about. And this is great!
During this period, I was able to meet really amazing people like the course teacher Pamela Robles to whom I am tremendously thankful because she is a true teacher in my opinion. She did not only care about what I was going to do with the girls but also about my comfort and welfare. This is the kind of teacher I do not find quite often. She says that teachers in general should not forget that they were students once. And this made all the difference.
The school, and the principals, were really nice too and generous. So I would like to thank them too.
This has been a profitable journey. I hope the second one is as good as the first. And if not, I hope that I would have enough strength to be able to get over it.