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As a beginning teacher, I've had the opportunity to work in schools in Adelaide with more resources than they know what to do with. To volunteer in schools and orphanages in Cambodia and Vietnam - where classes have as many as 45 students and very little in the way of books, posters and equipment that we are used to seeing in Australian classrooms - was an eye-opening experience, and one that I'll never forget. The next time one of my students complains about not having enough time on the computer or not being able to find a book they like in the library, I'll be able to show them photographs of classrooms without the luxuries they are so accustomed to. One thing that does not change, though, is the way the students' faces light up when they begin to understand what we're trying to teach them, whether it is basic English, the rules of a new game, or the words to a song. Some things are universal.
We were told at university that a good teacher never stops learning. Thank you EWO, for giving me the opportunity not only to teach, but to learn.
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