A Lesson For the Teacher
Friday afternoons I get to hang out with some pretty cool people for English class. This class is not required for anyone, for anything, and there is no accountability to be there. It allows for us to have fun together and does not demand a scope and sequence which makes it fun to teach too! Recently, in class, I talked a bit about social rules for Americans. There are many visitors to the mission and probably just as many eager students who want to practice speaking English. I recall being approached by them when we first moved here and feeling a bit uncomfortable. Funny enough, I asked two female interns about how they felt because my initial feeling of discomfort are gone and well, this is my normal now. We talked about "personal bubbles," approaching a man vs. approaching a woman, touching or not touching....just STUFF that is cultural that we don't even think about. I will confess that sometimes when we discuss American culture, I find myself considerin