Throwback

I had been working as a tutor for elementary school students.
I thaught all the subjects apart from math (because I hate maths)
After a few weeks, it turned out that I liked children more than what I ever thought before. Everything was going well and I really really really enjoyed my job.
Most of my students were Indo-Chinese,It  means that they have Chinese and Indonesian blood, and they could actually speak both Chinese and Bahasa Indonesia, in addiction to  our local language which was Javanese. As it didn't enough, their school also thaught English. So, they could speak three languages fluently, and one language in a basic level.
What made it more interesting, each of them had two names. One common name ,and one Chinese name. But I usually called them with their common names.

The stereotype I often heard about Indo-Chinese was: They were really smart. As soon as I became their tutor, I was able say yes, some of them were fast learners, but, some of them also made me need an extra effort, patience, and coffee. Just like any other students in the world.
Maybe what made them (could possibly) being smarter individuals in the future was because they were perseverance and their parents were... bloody discipline.
They usually came at 2 P.M. after school, and would study with me up until the sun sets. Yap, study didn't end when the school ended. They continued.

Sometimes, few kids would cry a little when they finally got sleepy or tired of study. I know, I also wanted to send them back home, let them rest a bit, but seemed like they were too afraid to stop because their parents would get angry.
One of my students once told me that after she went home at night, her Mom would review and threw some questions related to what was she had learnt the whole day.

Estereotipos

¿Qué sabemos de los españoles?
Generalmente la gente cree que los españoles son vagos y duermen la siesta a diario. Las películas extranjeras también ayudan a descubrir la imagen que tenemos de ellos. ¿Qué más? Les gusta y saben bailar flamenco, beben sangría constantamente. Pero no todos los españoles saben bailar, además prefieren vino que la sangría. Son muy religiosos y van a misa con frecuencia. No sé si es verdadero o falso.
Voy a escribir los estereotipos que son ciertos. Ellos son muy familiares,porque la familia es lo primero para ellos.
Les gusta dar abrazos y dos besos cuando les presentan a alguien. Gestionan mal los horarios, y el último es que los españoles son impuntuales.
¿Y cómo los hungaros? Los estereotípos de nosotros es que somos pesimistas,celosos y nunca sonreímos. De heco podemos ser alegrías,pero necesitamos una razón para sonreír. Siendo la envidia es más cierto.
Los extranjeros dicen que somos sinceros porque no ocultamos nuestra opinión. Creo que es verdadero pero solo a veces.

Su Di Me

Mi chiamo Tina, e sono americana. Vivo in Oklahoma. Ho un cane, ma non ho fratelli. Il nome del mio cane e Willow. Il nome del mia madre e Cynthia. Il nome del mio padre è Clinton. Lavoro come manager dei social media. Scrivo posti per social media. Mi piace il mio lavoro. Mi piace anche viaggiare. Ho viaggiato a Roma, Venezia, Bruxelles, Londra, Edimburgo, e in molte citta. Voglio viaggiare in tutto il mondo.

My essay: Life is better today than 100 years ago. Do you agree?

Nowadays we have everything we need, transports to go everywhere, mobile phones to keep in contact with friends and relatieves or just water from a tap. Meanwhile a hundred years ago this would have been unbelievable.

In the past people used to have more children, maybe because there was not TV, and they were able to enjoy playing each other, but the problem was that they do not have to many resources to enjoy. Whereas, currently there are less children to play with but their lifes are completily different, they have TVS, computers or tablets. However I already think that was healthier how children used to enjoy before. There is such a big difference about health too. People now are able to life a hundred years, almost the double than then, that means that people have developed better skills in medicine and they have a better life.

on account of the fact I said before, I really think that life now is better and more comfortable than then but I am quite sure that if people who lived 100 years ago could watch us they would be dissagree with so many things we usually do.