…and it is with sadness that I am waving good-bye to this stage in my career.
I’m returning to the EOI Avilés for good. I can hardly believe it was three years ago that I shared with you my fears about a change of career I was ,willingly,about to  face. What I originally planned to be one year in a high school soon turned into three and the truth is I am glad I took the decision. I have learnt so much.
This is my big thanks to all who have worked and probably put up with me and my lack of experience in all the red paper involving teenagers throughout these three years. You have certainly changed my mind about what teaching in a high school involves.
I have learned that being a good teacher is not teaching to those who want but to those who don’t. Highly motivated students, students who love learning languages are really so easy to teach but what is really challenging is facing a group of students who clearly wish to be somewhere else but right there, staring at you.
I remember my first term being a teacher at the high school as something close to a nightmare , so used was I to students always wanting more, never seeming to have enough, always eager to collaborate and participate… that when I faced my new students , most of whom had everything but learning English on their minds, I nearly dropped dead on the spot .Being the new girl on the block , I was assigned the not-so-good groups, if you want to put it kindly and ,in some classes , I distinctly remember my new students slumped in their seats, legs stretching across the aisle and the horrified faces as I addressed them in English. For three years, I’ve had to be a mother, a father, a friend, a counsellor, a psychologist, an actress, a lawyer as well as a teacher. I have had to be motivating, energetic, enthusiast, flexible, understanding, compassionate, well-mannered, tender, well-balanced as well as hard and strict and I have loved every minute of it.

This video is worth watching… because we , teachers, make a difference  :).  Taylor Mali What teachers make .

and this version with the lyrics- in case you find it a bit difficult or are too tired after dealing with your classes.

I love teaching , just like that ,  and it is not something that on certain “difficult”  days I have not pondered again and again  but still at the end of the course, year after year , this same feeling remains. I enjoy teaching!

But what no one tells you when you decide to become a  teacher is that ending the school year is way more work than starting it, than preparing classes and than marking exams. I hate writing reports !

Anyway if you have been following me you know that , at the end of the course I’m normally so burned out that I need a holiday. So, my blog is  also going on holiday. I really hope you’ll still be there when both me and my blog return in September.

I ‘ll say my “see you later” this year with one of my favourite songs from The Beatles,  some refreshing images of  Hawaii’s beaches  and wishing you the best of summers.

Sorry guys! I completely forgot about it!

These are the questions we have been discussing in class lately(nicked from Kiss FM). You’ll need to speak about two or three minutes so the number of these questions you’ll be asked depends entirely on how lengthy your anwers are.. Don’t forget my previous post  if you feel you need to improve pronunciation 9 Useful Websites to Help you Improve Pronunciation and Listening, Good luck and I am looking forward to listening to you.

1. What do you do when you need to chill out?

2. What are you  very good at ?

3. When was the last time you did something for someone?

4.What’s your favourite book? What is it about? Why do you like it so much?

5. Have you ever lied to your parents? Did they ever find out?

6. If you could go to the moon, what would you take with you?

7. What’s your favourite means of transport? Why?