Ana buhib adarris kateer!
Hesitantly, I signed up to co-teach an English class with an Egyptian NGO. My co-teacher bailed on me the day it was going to start and I was left wondering why I ever thought I could do this.
Then, it turned out to be one of my best experiences since I got here!
The class I am teaching is an advanced English class, so the students are fluent. I am happy to say the cirriculum is very flexible and it is based on discussion and presentations. For the first day we did introductions, class brainstorming, and then the students talked to each other about the upcoming individual presentations.
The students are amazing! They are so inquisitive and enthusiastic. After class practically everyone came up to me to either ask something or just say thanks. Then one girl told me “I have not always had such useful classes, but yours is so useful!” The most adorable thing was when two students asked if we could be friends even though I was their teacher. After all this direct positive feedback, I then got indirect positive feedback from the directors who spoke with the students!
It feels so nice to know that I am doing work that people really appreciate. I’ve been in a bit of a slump concerning journalism, so this was just what I needed to renew my faith in myself.
