The Magic of Teaching

It is the third time I have an approach with my students, and it's right here when I really understand that teaching has a lot of challenges. I have 30 souls in my classroom, and even I know that this is only the beginning, I feel a little blue. In those three classes, my students have behaved violently, they are hitting each other, they throw objects, or having a terrible vocabulary. Sometimes, trying to talk with them is mostly impossible. Even those are situations that can happened to any professor, an out-of-control situation sometimes is desperate. Nevertheless, I try to stay positively, after all, we don’t know why they have those behavior. As educators, we must be friendly and kindness as possible, they are just teenagers expanding themselves in their own worlds. When I met them, we did a little icebreaker activity in which they talked about their name, their residence, their age and something they like, such as their favorite hobby, favorite food, or something really import...

  Helloooo! My name is Daisy, I´m 21 years old and I am a girl with a lot of mixed feelings and many dreams. Right now, I am studying English Teaching major in the Universidad de Costa Rica. I chose this major because I consider professors play a crucial role in society, they are the people that encourage more souls. Around the world with can find doctors, engineers, mathematics, musicians, chefs and many others professions, nonetheless, any of those occupations could be achieve without the presence of the person that shares his or her knowledge; a teacher. I remember when I was in high school, I met a French teacher, she was a really nice person. One day, when I was having some personal issues in my life, and my mental health was declining I had class with her. She noticed that I was not myself and at the end of the class, she took some time to offered me her support, she really helped me. I remember she was very friendly and kindness, she gave me a lot of advices. Since that da...