I am close to the end.

Two days until I am deprived of my "2 job" status and lumped in with normal people who work one job full time.

A moment to reflect:

Columbia International College was awesome.

Things that were awesome:

Teaching students from Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Senegal, China, Vietnam, Russia, and Korea.

Learning how to say "hello, how are you?" in every one of those languages.

Having my eyes opened to my student's realities, and what life is like for a foreign student

Reading Romeo and Juliet for the first time

Hearing my students heatedly debate the rules of war

Student papers :) (broken English cracks me up)

Getting a good taste of this career

Tomorrow is a study day, and Thursday they write their final exam. Then they move on to Grade 11 English and I never see them again. I don't get to see if they ever change their minds about the importance of money. I don't know if they ever go back home again, or if they end up settling here in Canada. Which ones will make it into their top universities? I have my guesses, but I'll really never know.

Strange to be so involved in a kids life every morning for 9 straight weeks, and then they drop off the face of the earth. I know it's just a part of life, and not really all that unique to teaching, but I think that because the volume of people that come and go through a classroom is higher than most other places, it seems like a bigger deal.

Oh well.

Good luck to them all!

Only two weeks until Christmas holidays!!