Students of the Past and Present

Soooooo, today was a little rough at work. Just a little. My Shakespeare boys were naughty, I had to give THREE red stamps (which are like the Scarlet Letter of ICEV), and my students' English level is super low. The concept of choosing an English name was waaaayyyy over their heads. I had to name many of them. Mostly because the boys were picking names like :"Julie" and "Judy" and the girls were choosing names like "Chris". Although, RC Robo was able to name himself. Clever kid.

ANYWAY, although this week might be rough, when I arrived home tonight, I came across some letters that past students have written me. They are too adorable to not share. Here are two of my favorites....

This one is from Sally;
"Dear <3 <3 ET Teacher" (that is what the students call me)
"Hello. ET Teacher I am Sally. How are you. I am very happy. I Love you ET Teacher. I like ET Teacher...I'm very thanks for you. <3 <3 <3
Bye Bye.
ET Teacher...
from: Sally

This one is from Clara;
"Hello! Elisa teacher. I'm your student, Clara. I'm very thank you for you. <3 Because you was teached us for 1 week. <3 So I'm very thank you for you. <3 I think I was greedy for you. So also I'm very sorry for you! But I can't forget you! Because you're my teacher. I think you're greatest teacher in ICEV <3. I hope you will get gold medal for teacher! Thank you!! teacher! I can't forget you!
-Clara-

Well, Clara, I didn't win a gold medal but I DID win teacher of the week that week (I can now check that off of my list of goals!) AND a 10,000 won gift certificate to the cinema! So thanks for your support, dearest Clara!

I do not see teacher of the week in my future for this week...these kids give me a bad feeling. I feel many red stamps and am warming up my vocal chords for when I have to pull out the "teacher voice". However, while not every week will be golden, I will keep in mind that for all the bad students I encounter, I encounter about five times as many Sally and Claras.