Surprise, surprise! I wasn't born to be a teacher.

 At least not in primary school. And I did not only realise it when I had to correct 34 exam papers but when I found out that I can't act like if I was full of energy and happy 24/7. However this has been my fourth week as a teacher and I think I'm really enjoying it! Of course I came here to help these children to develop their English skills but on the other hand I've always been a little concerned about me being a teacher. I really like the kids here but sometimes I feel like it is just hopeless to teach them anything.

I have four classes a day. The first is my "tuition class" with the best nine students at 10:30 after the morning circle where we all do some stretching, sing songs, meditate and hug one another. That class usually goes very well since that nine kids are really smart and dedicated to learn. On my very first day the school principle allowed me to ban Nepali in the classroom and thank God the kids take it very seriously. They try to speak English all the time when they're with me and I really appreciate their effort because I'm aware of how little English they know. It's great to work with them although sometimes I feel like my expectations might be too high... but they are getting better.

The next is Elephant class from 12:00 until 12:45. They are not cake. The group is divided between me and Rei (the other volunteer) and I happened to get the less skilled half of the class, so sometimes it can be very challenging to figure out how I could occupy their attention when they're interested in everything but not English. Those twelve kids can really annoy me but I can't be angry with them since they're just 6-7 years old. It is completely understandable why they can't sit still for 45 minutes and listen to this foreigner talking in a language that they don't understand. At least they teach me some patience.

After Elephant class we have lunchtime between 12:45 and 13:30, then I go to Snake class. They're 8-12 years old and much more capable of listening to me. Now our main goal is to learn how to create sentences because their vocabulary is not bad but they don't know how structure their sentences. Some of them are quite good but there are a few students who really need help. I'm always happy to go to Snake class, the kids are more or less nice and polite so it's easier to work with them.

After school I and Rei have an extra class for the teachers when we usually just talk about general things or what they're interested in. To be honest I often get the feeling that it's much easier to teach children even if with the teachers we would have more common ground. They are not much older than us but somehow it just feels weird or awkward to teach them grammar and sentence structure even when it is needed. But they are certainly getting better by talking to us in English everyday.

At the end of the day I really enjoy being here, teaching and staying at the school and I am sure that once I will leave this place I will miss it a lot.