New beginnings
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matilda36Today it was the second day of my stage as a teacher and I found myself teaching to a group unsupervised. Probably not the soundest teaching (and teachers'teaching) practice, but after the first minutes of panic, we got into the swing of things and things went (I think ) quite well.
One of the students, a teacher in her native Ghana, asked me when I was going to be there next time, so she could come in my group.
Most of the students are at the very basic level, One knows only how to write in arab, so I am having to teach her the alphabet. Some are highly educated in their own countries, but in Italy their qualifications aren't recognised (and I can so sympathise with them )so they have to start all over again, starting from learning a new and quite difficult language.
I used to see the dark side of immigration in the North Africans that plague us at work. They are mostly clandestine, but with suspicious bundles of cash and the arrogance and attitude that comes with it. They try to be intimidating and, at least in my case, they partially succeed.
At Passaparola I see people wanting to learn and to find a place in their new country, humble, hard working individuals.
It's good for the soul and inspiring for me as a teacher.
One of the students, a teacher in her native Ghana, asked me when I was going to be there next time, so she could come in my group.
Most of the students are at the very basic level, One knows only how to write in arab, so I am having to teach her the alphabet. Some are highly educated in their own countries, but in Italy their qualifications aren't recognised (and I can so sympathise with them )so they have to start all over again, starting from learning a new and quite difficult language.
I used to see the dark side of immigration in the North Africans that plague us at work. They are mostly clandestine, but with suspicious bundles of cash and the arrogance and attitude that comes with it. They try to be intimidating and, at least in my case, they partially succeed.
At Passaparola I see people wanting to learn and to find a place in their new country, humble, hard working individuals.
It's good for the soul and inspiring for me as a teacher.
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Date: 2009-11-09 07:41 pm (UTC)