So while this light, carefree, and funny, I was actually there to do some serious business. For those of you who don't know, I am a teacher. I am actually a certified teacher in the state of Pennsylvania, and now I have the CELTA (Certification from Cambridge for English Language Teaching to Adults). And while in the Marshall Islands, I was a teacher. That was my main objective and goal. I did not go there to only just eat coconuts and fish and live in such an isolated place- I came to be a teacher. And for some people, that seemed like a hard concept.
I take my job very seriously, and I am glad that I do. There were some individuals who did not put in the effort and hard work, and quite frankly it showed. There were many days when I would stay after, way late, working on tomorrow's lessons, and trying to get everything prepared. And some of my teacher friends from back home would think that my job was a joke. That I wasn't a real teacher.
Well, to prove you wrong - I was (and still am) a real teacher. I love teaching English as a foreign language, and seeing as though English is now the linga-franca of the world, it is also a very important subject. I had to follow/try to achieve the standards (the rather vague and not really achievable standards, but nevertheless, the standards). I still implemented classroom management techniques (some better than others, but in the end, they were still torn to pieces) and I still did everything that a regular U.S. teacher did.
So stop giving me beef (unless you are a vegetarian, than stop giving me tofu)!
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