My teaching classes are divided relatively evenly between adults and kids/teenagers. This week, some of the younger groups made me laugh almost to the point of tears and thus, made me think how teaching can sometimes be the best form of entertainment! Hopefully these stories will translate into a few smiles, but if not, sorry, had to be there!
I teach a 5-year old girl who shall remain nameless. I want to protect her identity. HA, just kidding. Neus is great and incredibly smart for her age. You know you are a devoted teacher when the best thing about your day is when your 5-year old successfully learns all the animals 
She is full of hugs, kisses and even sparkles. Yes, you read that right. One day, she decided to throw her whole can of sparkles on me! I was glowing, literally, for days. This week, she put a smiley sticker on the back of her hand, gave me a kiss with it and as a result, my lipstick rubbed off on the sticker. She then started to take my lipstick off with her finger and put it on her lips with the cutest grin and giggles. Awww, she wants to be just like me. Adorable. Depending on her mood, during the majority of class, she will always says “no,” but that also makes me laugh. I keep thinking, “You can’t say no,” but oh, she can and oh, she does!
I taught a 9-year old and 5-year old this week as well. For our first class, their baby turtles had to be there with us. I asked the 9-year old how to tell the difference between them, since their shells looked identical, then she proceeded to give me a turtle anatomy lesson. So in case anyone is wondering…Also, the 5-year old doesn’t know the Spanish alphabet, let alone the English one (nor a word of English), so when I said, “Say cat,” he literally repeated, “Say cat.” Pretty funny.
And the four teens ranging from ages 10-14 are the sweetest girls. I tell them animated stories and they either humor me by laughing or they actually find them interesting. I have to be creative to keep their attention, but the progress report from their mom is that they are very happy with their classes.
I can even get a laugh in here and there with the adults when I hear them using words like “chill out” or “work it out” (or other slang words) that I teach them.
I don’t have pictures of my students (they are all private classes by the way), so instead, I will grace you with a picture of me at the board during my CELTA course:
