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In teaching there are sometimes life changing moments…
One such moment for me was when I first got sucked into teaching ESL.
Another such moment was when I sat in on an ESL kindergarten class…
I met my first little autistic student.
He was non-verbal and hated colors and loud noises.
His fixation was a car…but it was also me…oddly enough.
Direct eye contact and then a hug…
His teacher discouraged it… It was my first day there and she did not know me.
But I did not mind the hug…
From then on, every time he saw me, he’d rush over to hug me or show me something he worked on in class…
This is how I decided that my next Master’s degree will be in Special Education, one sweet boy who changed my life…
After a long painful summer of no luck…
I finally made it as a teacher…
Kind of…
Their usual teacher just popped out her 3rd kid…
Hey, more power to ya…
I was a long-term substitute for 5th grad math…
But I have a BA in Literature…
And an MA in Teaching English as a Second Language…
What the heck do I know about 5th grade math?!
Surprisingly it wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be…
The morning kids were wonderful…
Low energy, just like me…
The afternoon kids were naughty…
And so, so hyper…
But I loved their individual personalities…
And their general mischievousness…
So adorable…<3