First Day Teaching

Our day began a little earlier today :)  With our first classes at 7:00 am we needed to leave by 6:25 to walk to the school and have the air conditioning turned on in our classrooms before 6:50.  We were both a bit nervous since we really didn't know what to expect but our students were wonderful.  They are eager to improve their english and get to know us too.  They worked very hard for the entire two hours of class.  

Phyllis has all high school students in her classes and I have all adults.  They travel anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour to get to the school, mostly by bus.   If you have a car in Bangkok you are considered very rich.  

After the first class that ended at 9am three of my students wanted to go out to breakfast/lunch with us.  It was quite an adventure, they had lots of questions and we had fun getting to know them better.  I am having a hard time remembering their names since they are so different from what I'm used to.  Their names are very long so everyone has a nickname like Ae, Oom, Ta, Jekky and Non to give you some idea.  

We took a break in between classes and returned for our 1pm class and found that those students were just the same, excited and committed to learn.  

Tomorrow after our second class we are going to see some of Bangkok with Lab, she is an accountant who is out of work right now.  It is hard to find jobs here in Bangkok right now just like the US.  She decided to work on her english and is taking classes for the first time at the school.