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2008/12/27 Austin Chinese Church Chinese SchoolWe had the last class of this semester (Fall 08) two weeks ago. Can’t believe how time flies! Teaching the first-grade class in Austin Chinese Church Chinese School (ACCCS) is definitely a blessing to me this year. Initially I was sort of worried about teaching the first graders, because I was inexperienced with little kids. I thought… gosh, how can I deal with those “little animals”? I was joking myself that I needed to learn how to be a “zoo principal”. Thankfully, things weren’t as terrible as what I thought in the first place. Those “little animals” were actually so adorable and were a great source of my happiness! Well, of course there were moments they acted like handfuls (after all they are just kids), but overall ACC kids are quite well-behaved (I had experience dealing with really difficult kids previously so I know how good they are). Also it’s a small class so not too hard for me to handle it. Plus ACC parents are supportive and put high values on children’s education; all these factors have made my teaching here much smoother. Teaching at ACCCS also equips me for my future teaching career, as I hope to find a Chinese teaching job here after I graduate. Having a background growing up in Taiwan, I’m more familiar with the phonetic system used in Taiwan (注音符號) than with the Pinyin. So I’m taking the chance teaching in ACCCS to get used to Pinyin. It’s actually not that hard but certainly takes time to practice. Teaching at ACCCS is more than teaching Chinese itself, as it is a church setting where the parents are Chinese immigrants who expect their next generation to maintain the Chinese heritage. I usually remind myself that I need to hold a ministry mind and a serving heart to do it. I tried to integrate Bible verses into the class. Kids in my class were required to memorize a few simple Bible verses in Chinese. I taught them to do motions to help their memory – this is another fun part of my teaching. I learned this from ACCCF; we usually like to do motions when we sing worship songs. Another great thing of teaching at ACCCS is the reconnection with ACC. This past semester, I usually attended another church (Hyde Park) in the morning and got ACC around noon on Sundays. Since I started to explore other churches two years ago, I hadn't been coming to ACC on a regular basis over the past two years. It’s certainly great to come back and to see people here. After all it’s my home church in Austin and where my root is. I’m kind of sad that I won't continue to teach the first-grade class next semester. Because of administrative rearrangement, I was asked to teach another class in Spring 09. That will be the bilingual kindergarten class - gosh, even younger kids (littler animals)! I'm inexperienced with kindergarten kids! But I believe it’ll be a fun and great new experience to me. I’m learning to open up myself and to accept new experience God brings into my life. Let’s wait and see what will happen next semester. : )  |
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