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Last Thursday I taught Pre-School English. Now, before you shutter, let me tell you that I like Thai kids. The same language barrier that keeps me from cultivating profound relationships with my peers, helps me make friends with Sukhothai's younger residents. We don't have a lot to talk about, but there's a competitive spirit that keeps it interesting. Like yesterday, I had a conversatin with a baby that ended with me saying, "Ha ha, I speak Thai better than you."
I also like Thai kids because they have funny nicknames. English is King in the ASEAN countries and parents try to keep ahead of the curve by giving their newborns a practical Enlgish-language nickname. But mostly they fall short and you meet kids named, Neptune, Pizza, Fat, Benz, Golf, Noodle, or Seven Eleven. My favorite example so far is the twin girls in my pres-school class nick-named, Nick and Name.
They may be too young to actually learn anything, but I'm looking forward to teaching English to six-year-olds for three to four hours a week.
