Today was Sunday and it was a pretty good one. Not much happened today but compared to other Sunday’s more has happened. Yesterday evening while we were listening to the Saturday sessions of conference we got a call from Stone asking if we could cover his classes for today (Sunday). We agreed and while it wasn’t the best thing we wanted to do, we did it because we have been blessed enough not to teach on Sunday so far.
The experience of teaching that class was quite a fun one. Stone’s students are the oldest at the school and as such have the best English skills at the school. Since we had only taught the youngest students at the school we did not know what to expect. Thankfully we were pleasantly surprised by how good their English was. While we weren’t able to talk with such high vocabulary, we didn’t have to stop and think a sentance through before we said. That made all the difference in the world because it felt more natural teaching that class and helped us have a great time. The only bad difference was that they weren’t as enthusiastic but that is a given since they were older than our other classes.
A funny thing happened at the start of class as we were introducing ourselves. Because of their increased vocabulary we were able to talk about more and they were asking us some questions as well. As I was introducing myself, one of the students asked if I had a girlfriend. After I told the class that I did not have a girlfriend they all asked why. As I stood there a bit taken aback by how I would explain the reason to them, one student chimed in with her theory. “Because you are too handsome!” she said. Haha, that made me chuckle. The Chinese are too nice sometimes. While I know it was to be taken with a grain of salt, I must admit it was a bit of a confidence booster. 🙂