Nah, nah, I'm an adult now...

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Have you ever had one of those days when you realise that
once you dreamt of this time in your life?
When I was young, I always wanted to be older, just like the kids in my class.
I wanted to know I was an adult, and I could make decisions for myself.
Now I am just that - an adult. Oh, how the children envy me!

I feel as though my dream to be a teacher and lead a simple life has come true,
and it is so wonderful to work for this small, private school with supportive colleagues and the most graceful principal on planet earth. There are few children in each class, so I get to know them intimately, and I have come to love and adore them. It is the best grounds for me to learn to be a teacher. And the parents bring fresh fruits and vegetables in crates and flowers for the teachers on a regular basis because most of them work on farms, which is truly a fantastic benefit!

I am so excited to have this opportunity to teach German because the best way to learn a language and get to know its country and its culture is by teaching! I think it is great preparation, and I am so grateful I can do it in my own country so that I am not faced with too much culture shock all at once.

What is also great is how the children bring you back to innocence, and they remind you just how human you are because children are always testing you, and you have to learn not to let them manipulate you, be firm without being hard on them, and to care about them whilst still getting the work done that needs to be covered. Who would have thought I'd actually really become a teacher of a German School in Kroondal, of all places - well, God's hand was definitely in it!

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