About 6 months ago, I started holding my weekly English class over Zoom for the two students that I do conversational English for and we had such a great time together. Due to a chance encounter, I have been doing this class for just about two years and the three of us have become good friends. We even have a Whatsapp group where we share language memes!
A few weeks ago, one of the students invited Simone and me out to a sort of "friendship dinner" with her husband and the other student in our little class. When I arrived, she presented me with this custom made ginger bread cookie and it just about melted my heart.
A few weeks ago, one of the students invited Simone and me out to a sort of "friendship dinner" with her husband and the other student in our little class. When I arrived, she presented me with this custom made ginger bread cookie and it just about melted my heart.
I shared with my students that having this class helped me in so many ways when I first moved to Austria. When I came here, I spoke no German and having a place where I could freely speak English, teach something that I knew and share some laughs when I was really struggling to learn the language helped with my confidence.
During class we laugh so much that even after a long day at my regular job, I always leave our class in better spirits. The student that invited me out to dinner said that she was talking about our class with a friend and her husband interrupted her and said, "What class?? All I hear is the sound of laughter for the whole time they are online together.” I thought that this was the best thing that someone could have said about our class and although we will be meeting again over Zoom for a bit longer, I’m so glad that I met these people that I can now call my friends that have enhanced my life in so many ways.
During class we laugh so much that even after a long day at my regular job, I always leave our class in better spirits. The student that invited me out to dinner said that she was talking about our class with a friend and her husband interrupted her and said, "What class?? All I hear is the sound of laughter for the whole time they are online together.” I thought that this was the best thing that someone could have said about our class and although we will be meeting again over Zoom for a bit longer, I’m so glad that I met these people that I can now call my friends that have enhanced my life in so many ways.
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