Even with the struggles, I still have a couple quotes of humor and encouragement to share with you. Some of these were spoken to me, while others were written in the students' journals to me.
"Uhm, Miss Teacha Kristin, why have you been to Chicago? There are only lots and lots of gangs there..."
"Dear Miss Kristin, sometimes some of the kids in class say foul language in Cantonese to teacher because they are not happy. I do not like this, but I still laugh." The sad thing is, I'm pretty sure half of my class was doing this to me during the first two days because there was a whole lot of laughter and just as much Cantonese.
"Could you tell me my life important? Why?" Wowzers. A 12-year-old asked me this in her journal on the very FIRST day of class.
"Teacher, did you know I am a Christian? I go to church every Saturday... etc..." Amen. Hallelujah. Amen, amen, amen.
"Teacha Kristin, would you like me to teach you some Cantonese?" Uhm. YES PLEASE!
"God makes me very happy."
"Someday I would like to visit Australia because Santa can only wear underwear on some of the beaches there. That is very cool."
"Jesus changed my life. One day I was very naughty and then he decided to save me." This student continued to share his testimony with me by writing this all in his journal. How awesome!
"So, teacha, when are we going to hang out?" This was the BEST time ever. This boy--one of the ones with quite the attitude--just walked up to my desk during one of the breaks and demanded this out of me.
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