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Presents


Doesn't everyone love to get presents? But those ones are really special to me: the little cards or pictures from my students. Sometimes a child would come to my class and give me something they made for me at home. It is really touching to see that they want to take time out of their day to give something to you. The picture you see on the photo was created by 4-year-old Tasnim (guess which topic we talked about in class before ;) )
I guess my all time favorite is a get well card from one of my students, that she wrote entirely in English and had her brother and sister create one for me as well.
This is when you get assured that you are doing a good job and the children love to come to your classes. That is worth more money than anybody could pay you!

Cheers to being a teacher <3

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