Teaching experience

 

Ok,  I’m all into writing about jobs now, so what . 

Just a few weeks ago I was so unhappy about becoming a teacher for the next ten months. Now I’ve been teaching for more than a month and I must say … it’s not that bad. I’m surprised that I’m actually enjoying it because it’s the first of all of my jobs that is never boring.

Being a teacher is a very challenging job. Well, maybe not for everybody. But definitely for someone who wants to teach the kids something worthwhile and make them enjoy it. The lessons are as you make them. You and only you. You want to be a traditional teacher standing in front of the blackboard? Do it. You want to show your students how the first people lived? Do it!

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I’m not saying every single one of my lessons is a blast, but I’m trying. And my students seem to like it. I’m happy this year won’t be as bad as I pictured it in the beginning. The children are different every day and never let you be bored. They are very sensitive and notice every single little insecurity in you. That’s amazing because I’ve always been very insecure and this is making me work on myself all day, every day.

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Hell lies in Doornspijk

So much about excitement of going to Holland. The horses were beautiful, Hanka only slightly annoying, but the so called employers turned my very short stay into hell. Have you ever noticed that people who have money tend to treat you as if they owned you?

I won’t bore with details of the worst job I ever had in my life, I won’t tell you about never ending unpaid overtimes, wage that was lower than Dutch minimum wage, midnight phone calls to ask me if I could take a video of a horse, attempts to turn me into a maid or refusals to give me a contract, it all resulted in me simply buying a ticket home and leaving as soon as I could.

Now I’m reporting the Tromp family to local offices and I’m hoping no one will ever have to suffer as I did working for them.

So much to Holland, amazing Holland. Oh, one more thing. Watch out for bikers. They can legally run over you if you don’t clear the way for them on time. I’ve got some personal experience.

P.S.: That pic is obviously not from Holland. That country doesn’t even have hills. HILLS!

 

 

 

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