Today I started a new job as an ESL Aide at North Cache. I'm pretty excited about it. It will be a great opportunity for me and will also give me the chance to find out if ESL is the route I want to take for my master's degree. I'll be working with a new student from Haiti, a girl from Somalia, and some other ESL kids in a "tutorial" type class.
Most of my work today involved my Haitian student. He's never been to school so we get to start from the very beginning. We worked on the alphabet for the majority of the time. As we were working I remembered that I have a giant alphabet puzzle from when I was little that I'm going to take with me tomorrow.
Reflecting back on my first day, I feel very blessed to have had the chance to go to some pretty great schools. I had some awesome teachers in elementary, middle, high school and college. I've taken for granted the fact that I learned to read at such a young age, that I have parents who encouraged me to read, and that I love learning. It's pretty humbling to be able to help someone else gain these skills. I think it was a reality check that I definitely needed and I look forward to tomorrow!
P.S. My student asked me how old I was today. It took me three tries to even understand what he was saying. Life is great!
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