A Thai Meal

Hello! It’s been a while. During the month of October Thai public schools have a 4 week break, so we were off exploring north and central Thailand. We have since started our second semester teaching and we’re slowly returning to our pre-vacation life and habits. We also have over 1000 photos we are slowly working our way through, so we’ll be sharing with you a little of our holiday soon.

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The Classroom

My first week of classes I decided I was going to teach without a microphone.  This was difficult in the large open classrooms packed full of restless teenage bodies, but I wanted the freedom to wander the class and interact with the students with out being chained to the front by a cord. By the third week my good intentions were dashed when I realized that my students wouldn’t speak English without yelling. When I asked them why they looked at me confused; they were just trying to speak English the right way.

The next week I made sure I had a microphone.

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