Day12 : The Lesson (My Last)

Last and final day. My wife, Sharon joined me in class. Tried something new today. Well, actually I improved on the Q&A session that I used yesterday. The new game was called The Hot Seat. Sharon was the in the hot seat. The students have to ask a question in Khmer but before they ask the question, they have to select one of their classmates as the translator. So the question is asked in Khmer and then the translator has to translate the question into English for Sharon to answer. The question can be on any topics be it about our married life, Singaporean society, politics etc. After the translated question is asked, I will then analyse the question and figure out if there are different ways of asking the question in English. Grammatical problems are also dealt with and explained to the class. After that is cleared, Sha would then give her reply. This provided a reward to the class because if they want to find out more, they have to ask more question.

As this was my last day teaching them, one of the students, Phanly invited me and Sharon out for lunch. We were taken to lunch on the otherside of the Tonle Sap/Mekong. Tonle = River. The restaurant is this interesting place that stood out over some marshland. The entire restaurant is built on stilts. Below the restaurant is this marshland with amazing pods of lotus plants and water lilies. The flowers of these plants are huge!

Fridays are traditionally the movie days so we watched Forever Fever to acquaint the students to the Singaporean accent. The class then asked a couple more questions on Singapore and then the class ended.

Felt free and sad at the same time. Cliche though this may be, it's like Shakespeare oft repeated oxymoron: parting is such sweet sorrow.

Well, my term has ended and Eve's wonderful one is about to begin. I am sure with her stronger grasp of grammar, Eve will be a much better teacher and continue to build on the good will that has already been generated.

We'll see but this may be my last entry. If this is the last, good bye for now.