Many things have happened in the past two weeks of student teaching.. first of all, I got my first hug from a student! That morning, I happened to see another student give another teacher a hug and I was thinking in my head: "When will I ever receive a hug from a student?" A little later, I received a hug from one of the students in the class that likes to chit-chat with me; I was glowing inside. It's been a long journey student teaching in this school because many of the students are still uncomfortable around me. Another thing that happened was that while I was walking with my English class to lunch, two of the girls from my Chinese class were standing behind me and they decided to tap on my shoulder and play a trick on me. While it's not right for them to be fooling around, inside I felt giddy because the students were warming up to me.
A few days ago, a student came up to me and gave me a flyer for one an event he is doing: raising money for kids in Africa with AIDS. What a sweet kid! He is asking for book donations and also holding a popsicle party/book fair to raise the money so I am going to donate a bag of books to him.
My own schooling on the other hand is always busy and exhausting. Finals are coming up and I have a midterm for the online Chinese American course. Ick. Hopefully all goes well. At least student teaching is getting easier, fun and fruitful! :)
It's the greatest feeling receiving a genuine hug from a student!
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