Just last month I made it to the 20th year of teaching and I must say I have never regretted it one bit. Spending about 18 or so years teaching young adults has also probably made me able to maintain some sort of "young" outlook in life.. or so I thought.
Now I love using songs in the classroom and after ages of not using it I recently did and just thinking about what song I was gonna use got me all excited. Naturally, I chose a song that I enjoyed (read: not that current) and ended up letting them listen to not one but three songs. Even if some songs were acceptable to a few, some others experienced excruciating moments of wanting the song to end fast.
Moral of the story :
1) do your homework ahead of time
2) don't try to convert them into liking your music genre
3) BE UP TO DATE
Anyway, it got me thinking of age that has crept up on me especially during times when I can feel the gap between me and my students. (The ones I teach now could practically be my own kids had I given birth 19 years ago!). It got me thinking of the fact that I'm not getting any younger. It got me thinking how time flies and the next thing you realize is you can't seem to catch up with life around you and with the way things are progressing and you remain stuck in a time of your own.
Yet it also made me accept the me that I am now and to know that even if age is just a number it sure makes you reflect on things a lot more as you get older. To know what's important and what's not. To hope and pray that the remaining days of your life will be good and to pray for a good ending too.
So here's to becoming 'older': having gray hair popping out by the minute, losing your eye sight (and having to wear reading glasses), loving the classics- be it songs or books, sleeping early because your eyes can't stay open beyond 10 pm.(though you'd rather stay up binge watching a Korean drama) and many other delights of a 40 something woman..
All praises to Allah for this life. :)
Now I love using songs in the classroom and after ages of not using it I recently did and just thinking about what song I was gonna use got me all excited. Naturally, I chose a song that I enjoyed (read: not that current) and ended up letting them listen to not one but three songs. Even if some songs were acceptable to a few, some others experienced excruciating moments of wanting the song to end fast.
Moral of the story :
1) do your homework ahead of time
2) don't try to convert them into liking your music genre
3) BE UP TO DATE
Anyway, it got me thinking of age that has crept up on me especially during times when I can feel the gap between me and my students. (The ones I teach now could practically be my own kids had I given birth 19 years ago!). It got me thinking of the fact that I'm not getting any younger. It got me thinking how time flies and the next thing you realize is you can't seem to catch up with life around you and with the way things are progressing and you remain stuck in a time of your own.
Yet it also made me accept the me that I am now and to know that even if age is just a number it sure makes you reflect on things a lot more as you get older. To know what's important and what's not. To hope and pray that the remaining days of your life will be good and to pray for a good ending too.
So here's to becoming 'older': having gray hair popping out by the minute, losing your eye sight (and having to wear reading glasses), loving the classics- be it songs or books, sleeping early because your eyes can't stay open beyond 10 pm.(though you'd rather stay up binge watching a Korean drama) and many other delights of a 40 something woman..
All praises to Allah for this life. :)
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