My first week of teaching in Cambodia at an international school is going well, it’s hard to ignore the fact that I have never taught in a school before, we’ll call it a secret between the school and myself. The classroom is air-conditioned due to the average of 30 degrees each day, and the staff seem friendly enough.
It’s the end of my first week and I make my way to the bathrooms which are situated in the corner of each floor of the 4 floor building. Teaching the grade 2’s, I am situated on the second floor amongst 15 classrooms of which 12 of the rooms are for grade 2’s. I make my way into the ladies bathrooms to be greeted by a child on the toilet with the door generously ajar, we make eye contact and mid push of what seems to be a very challenging event she greets me “Helloo teeeachaaaa..” Maintaining my composure was just as challenging as her task at hand.
This is going to be a very eventful journey, we will have to push through it together 😉
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