Since this is the week before Easter, a number of students have chosen to extend their break a bit. This afternoon, in a class that should have 9 students, 3 showed up.
It's a writing class, but it often becomes a conversation class, since there's only so much you can teach someone about writing. I ran out of stuff a couple of months ago, but we can always discuss a controversial topic & try to come up with arguments that could be used in an essay about it, then they write the essay at home.
Today, I brought in a short article about the chocolate Jesus sculpture, so we read it & chatted about why it's so controversial. After about 45 minutes, I gave the students the option to go home early, or to keep chatting for a while longer. And they chose to stay and chat!
They asked about my Peace Corps experience, and my impressions of Poland, and just generally seemed interested in my life. I guess it's normal to have an interest in someone who chooses to live in a country that so many people are choosing to leave, but it was a little surprising to me. I certainly never had any interest in my teachers' lives outside of school.
So it was a nice way to end my day, realizing that my students just may like me a little.
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You are quite a likeable person,you know ;-)
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You said what I was going to tell her , too. I have never met you but reading your journal makes me say I like the persona you created. But hey! "persona" used to mean "mask" in ancient greek language. Oh well, I am sure you are likeable and lovable in real life.
Your part time reader.
would you rather that students didn't ask any questions about your personal / out-of-uni life?
Of COURSE they like you, what do you expect? My studnets got me side-tracked talking about rap music today (?!) and so I just broke it down, saying I liked OLD SCHOOL. Hey, now that everyone calls me "Ma'am", I might as well not try and NOT date myself anymore with indexing my musical prefs. Class of '89 woo hoo!
Are you going to be 'home' any time this summer?
I truly wasn't fishing, but thanks for the ego boost! It's not so much that I don't want them to ask about my personal life, I just find it odd that they're interested. But I'm happy to tell them about me if they want to know.
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