Kids say the darnest things. Here are a few of the sentences from my most recent English test that made me smile: (no particular order)
1. There are twelve maths in the year.
2. She drinks at you house.
3. My class is school.
4. The third month of the year is moth.
5. The student is his mother.
6. His is the third month of works.
7. When is f your class?
8. Salimata does in who.
9. Rakieta’s grandmother is the house.
10. There are in May thirsty days.
11. The teacher is water.
12. The Rakieta English is physical education.
13. Issouf is the friend in Rakieta.
14. The class is in the boy chair.
15. Fati is history every day.
Beyond the occasional feel-good sentence that comes along, grading is rough. There is so much hope, frustration, joy and guilt involved in correcting tests. You have hope and faith in your students and your ability to teach. You find frustration in their little mistakes and guilt in why you did not get the material across to them. When you come across those rare perfect gems you beam so bright; both for how brilliant a student they are and for your place in helping them reach that potential. It is just such a mixed bag and ultimately exhausting. Even if you somehow turn off all of those emotions and thoughts, it is a heavy amount of busy work. I’m not complaining by any means. I love being a teacher. It is just a reality of what that means.
Really, in the end, when I am grading test I am grading myself. It is a reminder of the challenge of teaching a class of 100 students each. I love that challenge. How do you keep interested those top performers while leaving no other kids outside of that understanding? How do you put aside your own emotions and concerns to be the example? It is so much to live up to. I sometimes ask why it is that I enjoy teaching so much more than other jobs I’ve held. It’s simple. Teaching pushes me to be the best version of myself, to see where I need to improve and to find new ways to communicate with those around me.
Plus, I’m just a big stupid kid. I like hanging out with kids. It’s fun.
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a little about burkina faso
Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) achieved independence from France in 1960. Repeated military coups during the 1970s and 1980s were followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Current President Blaise COMPAORE came to power in a 1987 military coup and has won every election since then.
Burkina Faso's high population density and limited natural resources result in poor economic prospects for the majority of its citizens. Recent unrest in Cote d'Ivoire and northern Ghana has hindered the ability of several hundred thousand seasonal Burkinabe farm workers to find employment in neighboring countries.
Location:
Western Africa, north of Ghana
Geographic coordinates:
13 00 N, 2 00 W
Area:
total: 274,200 sq km land: 273,800 sq km water: 400 sq km
Burkina Faso's high population density and limited natural resources result in poor economic prospects for the majority of its citizens. Recent unrest in Cote d'Ivoire and northern Ghana has hindered the ability of several hundred thousand seasonal Burkinabe farm workers to find employment in neighboring countries.
Location:
Western Africa, north of Ghana
Geographic coordinates:
13 00 N, 2 00 W
Area:
total: 274,200 sq km land: 273,800 sq km water: 400 sq km
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