My saga continues..

All the time I was living in Valladolid, I feel I didn't really ever give it a chance. Because I felt so hard done by half the time and that this was not somewhere I belonged ..I didn't venture out enough and I regret that. I was continually thinking that nothing even remotely important or interesting happens here. But I was wrong and ignorant to think that. If nothing else, it will have a special place in my heart because it is the city in which I began teaching. 

More than that, I stumbled upon a different way of life - the laid back (but moany and tantrumy) and serene. I met people I never would have met in a million years in  England. I have picked up countless words in Spanish and I really want to build upon it and not lose what I have already acquired. So I MUST MUST MUST go back to the beginning and study, particularly grammar as I never sat down to learn.. it just naturally rubbed off on me from the children. 

By far, the greatest part of my school year in Espana was the children I had the pleasure of teaching. It is amazing to be entrusted by their parents in the capacity as a teacher. Every day I laughed with my classes and loved them more and more, as I got to know them better. I was truly lucky to have had the incredible students that were assigned to me and they got me through what was a lonely chapter in my life. If it weren't for their smiley faces, enthusiasm and cheerful characters I would never have made it through. I couldn't have asked for a more fantastic first year of pupils to kick off my career. I know that I will always remember them fondly and that they will all go on to do brilliant things with their lives.  I just wish that I could be there to see it. I hope that I have made a difference to them and that they feel they have learned from me.. just as I have from them. 

So thank you to the region of Castille y Leon for allowing me to chase my passion. Thank you to the parents for not sending me any nightmare kids just you cheeky cuties, who I miss so very, VERY much. Thank you to my clever students and your adorable little personalities; I'll never forget any of you. If I get another opportunity to teach ESL, I'd be so fortunate to have classes just half as wonderful as those.