When I first enrolled in this class I figured it may just be an interesting extra class that could fulfill my Language Arts requirement. But as we continue through the class I am realizing that it is going to be extremely helpful to my future goals. Ultimately I would like to have my own special education classroom in America. However, I really want to spend a couple of years around the Southeast Asia area teaching English. I'm especially interested in teaching in Thailand and have made a few connections to do so but this class is teaching me so much about what I need to learn before I can do that. It is becoming clear to me that I should really learn the Thai language first and while we are learning about teaching it to our students I am learning a little bit about teaching another language to myself.
This class and the content are making me even more excited and motivated to achieve my goal and make more steps towards moving to Thailand and teaching there. Everything we talk about, as well as the activities we do are extremely helpful and applicable to something I feel like I would be doing. It is also making me realize and think about how I would be able to be involved in teaching special education students in Thailand. At first I was just concerned about teaching general ed. students but now that I am learning actual skills and concepts toward teaching a second language I think I would be capable of teaching a second language in a special education classroom.
Overall I am super excited about the direction of this class and curriculum so far and I think it may be one of my most useful sections this semester.
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