Remembering Amazing Thailand

Being an English teacher in the Philippines I thought it was going to be easy to teach Thai students but I was wrong. My first group of students were 10-13 years old. They were Charlie, Kook, Plaa, Liszt, Title, Tawan, and Mook who was the youngest.

Having to start without preparation or orientation I felt I was thrown into the deep end right on my first day. I saw the textbooks for the first time and I had to teach them on that day. It was such a big struggle and I felt very unprepared. Yet I pretended I knew what to do. After the first week I got fairly acquainted with my students and the lessons. However, I lacked the right approach. I insisted on what I thought was the best way for them to learn the language. I pushed them to fail.