Hehe, pedagogue sounds better than teacher, doesn't it?
One of my fondest memories is of being five and six years old and helping care for a one year old boy.
His parents used to ask me to watch him for a minute or so while they went to get the phone (yes, the one that stays in one room ALL the time, on account of having those old-fashioned things called wires) or to fetch something from another part of the house.
I felt terribly grown up and responsible whenever I was seated with little Sammy on my lap and a picture book in front of us. I'd do all the pointing and exclaiming that anyone who has taught young children is an expert in and glow with pride when he happily sat with me and absorbed the knowledge that comes from flashcards.
To my memory, that was the beginning of a career in teaching that I have been passionate about every day of my life since.
Passing on knowledge is SO important!
I haven't really got "showy" skills. Someone was once embarrassed when they asked if I sang or played and instrument and I answered no. "Do you write?" "No." (at that time I only sneaked into the Writers' Kingdom through a tiny hole in the wall and always made sure no one saw me)
"Do you dance?" "No." "Do you (more of those things that most people can do)" "No."
He was a gentlemanly fellow and I felt bad for making him feel bad on my account, but I was shy, so I said nothing.
As for things I CAN do, I can spell any word I've seen once and tell you how many letters are in it a moment after, I can speed read, kick your BUTT on Boggle, Text Twist, Bookworm Adventures Deluxe (if you sit behind me and remind me to top up my health), and find any spelling or grammar mistake in any thing written in the English language from food labels to tourist brochures to tweets to novels.
Yes, I know. If you don't have G-O-D* this is the most boring list in the world and maybe you don't even know what I'm talking about, but c'est la vie.
Torturous tidbit: "C'est la vie" is spelled "selawy" here. The curious thing is that Bosnian does not have a "w" or a "y" in its alphabet.
*Grammar Obsessive Disorder
One of my fondest memories is of being five and six years old and helping care for a one year old boy.
His parents used to ask me to watch him for a minute or so while they went to get the phone (yes, the one that stays in one room ALL the time, on account of having those old-fashioned things called wires) or to fetch something from another part of the house.
I felt terribly grown up and responsible whenever I was seated with little Sammy on my lap and a picture book in front of us. I'd do all the pointing and exclaiming that anyone who has taught young children is an expert in and glow with pride when he happily sat with me and absorbed the knowledge that comes from flashcards.
To my memory, that was the beginning of a career in teaching that I have been passionate about every day of my life since.
Passing on knowledge is SO important!
I haven't really got "showy" skills. Someone was once embarrassed when they asked if I sang or played and instrument and I answered no. "Do you write?" "No." (at that time I only sneaked into the Writers' Kingdom through a tiny hole in the wall and always made sure no one saw me)
"Do you dance?" "No." "Do you (more of those things that most people can do)" "No."
He was a gentlemanly fellow and I felt bad for making him feel bad on my account, but I was shy, so I said nothing.
As for things I CAN do, I can spell any word I've seen once and tell you how many letters are in it a moment after, I can speed read, kick your BUTT on Boggle, Text Twist, Bookworm Adventures Deluxe (if you sit behind me and remind me to top up my health), and find any spelling or grammar mistake in any thing written in the English language from food labels to tourist brochures to tweets to novels.
Yes, I know. If you don't have G-O-D* this is the most boring list in the world and maybe you don't even know what I'm talking about, but c'est la vie.
Torturous tidbit: "C'est la vie" is spelled "selawy" here. The curious thing is that Bosnian does not have a "w" or a "y" in its alphabet.
*Grammar Obsessive Disorder
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