04/15/2026
Never the same teacher as a decade ago... Honestly, this year I'm a complete new person when it comes to Education - not just ESL. The reason for it is seeing how the world is turning upside down, I sometimes wonder at night what went wrong in the Education system...
Just a few years ago when teens start fighting I would think... Af... They're boys, they're teens, they are good boys and will grow up to be fine young gentlemen. But this year, I thought to myself, what if some of the leaders in the world also had teachers thinking that? What if ... It all started with:"af... They are just boys." And now they're blasting missiles at each other.
My questions this year:"what did I not do enough? Or what did we overdo that over suffocate them?How can I be strict, but be nurturing at the same time? How can I educate all my students to promote more peace rather than violence? How can I explain from right to wrong?"
Then, the most recent lecture I gave them was how important they each were and they individually brought small changes to their community and then from small changes to big changes... My words:"you never know, you can eventually become the president and the choices you make now can affect the way you grow and make adult decisions that can affect all of us."
Not a drama queen on this one. Just a concerned teacher who is a concerned daughter of Mother Earth. Ah, yes, a very different teacher now.💖🙏🏽