Beginner's English

During the first term of school I was teaching an after school beginner's english class. These were students that there was not room for in the regular program or their english was not quite good enough to come to the regular program. They were a great group. I enjoyed teaching them very much. They'll be coming back in the third term for more classes but I will be gone by then. I cried when they left on our last day of classes. I think that when I leave I am going to be a total wreck.

L-R: Pushpa, Kaushalya, Jayanthi, Miss Kempin, Dharshini, Nilukshi, Sepali, Asela, Azwar, Ranjith, Udayantha, Lasantha.
We had a party on the last day. We played games, listen to music, ate food, it was fun. They bought me a gift. It is a vase. It is probably two feet high! I don't think that I'll be able to bring it home! Maybe if I pretend that it is a baby and wrap it in a blanket! They all asked if I would sign their books so I did and wrote a little note to each of them. They were all very sad that I would not be there when they came back for the third term. I'm sad too. I wish that I could stay.