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I am teaching tenth grade geography. This is a little challenging due to several factors: language- most are pretty good but their vocabulary is not the same and I must speak very slow while being sure to enunciate every letter, subject- I'm no geo expert and even worse with Indian geo so I must stay ahead of the students and learn the chapter before I can teach it, task- I am new at teaching so I am trying to learn this as well, students- 40 in each class. Trying to keep them quiet is probably the greatest challenge but its magnified by the fact that they sit 2 and sometimes 3 or 4 to a desk. I do enjoy trying to come up with examples that not only explain the material but are also relevant to students of India, slum kids from India. Only a small percentage of them can even afford to attend school, education is not free in Delhi. Sponsors, mostly from the US, give donations to the majority of students. These children, whether they understand it or not have been greatly blessed by God with the opportunity to receive an education and more importantly, to hear of Jesus' love for them. Please continue to pray for them, their teachers and the Good Samaritan School.
I am teaching tenth grade geography. This is a little challenging due to several factors: language- most are pretty good but their vocabulary is not the same and I must speak very slow while being sure to enunciate every letter, subject- I'm no geo expert and even worse with Indian geo so I must stay ahead of the students and learn the chapter before I can teach it, task- I am new at teaching so I am trying to learn this as well, students- 40 in each class. Trying to keep them quiet is probably the greatest challenge but its magnified by the fact that they sit 2 and sometimes 3 or 4 to a desk. I do enjoy trying to come up with examples that not only explain the material but are also relevant to students of India, slum kids from India. Only a small percentage of them can even afford to attend school, education is not free in Delhi. Sponsors, mostly from the US, give donations to the majority of students. These children, whether they understand it or not have been greatly blessed by God with the opportunity to receive an education and more importantly, to hear of Jesus' love for them. Please continue to pray for them, their teachers and the Good Samaritan School.
Your blog is very interesting! It is nice to read something that is different from the usual riff raff about life. Keep on blogging about your experience teaching in India!
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