Reflection of My First Year Teaching in the USA
I’m excited for my second year working and living in the US. Everyday was tons of learning in the first year. The biggest challenge for me is to understand and keep up with conversations in a group. When a group of people are talking really fast, for me it’s like watching CNN, and NBC, ABC, TLC, all at the same time, while several topics are going on among different groups. I really wish I could have a headset, and I can turn up the volume here and pause there to look up the key words. Sometimes when I finally figure out what’s being discussed, people already move on to another topic. It can be frustrated. I feel like living an 80% of life. I understand 80% of what’s going on around me, and I am only able to express 80% of myself. Sometimes it’s not always language barrier. It’s a whole new environment for me. I don’t know the students or teachers being mentioned. I have never heard about such a title or position in the school. I don’t know which movie you’re quoting. I didn’t g