My New Friends

At BHS, I went into two different classes,  the first was an ESL class, and the second was a litrerature class. It was the first time I got into a language class so far.. only six students with different complexions and accents populated the classroom.. They were discussing some rival adolescents clubs in a novel they are working through..  From the first moment, I felt that I could do better with these learners.. They were somehow like me, finding rescue in smiling and more anxious to know who I was, unlike the self-contained and somehow nonchanlant students in the AP classes.. I sat next to one of them, they were setting in a circle facing each other..  The teacher went reading through some passages, and tried to ask students to make connections between the present scenes and previous events in the book..  I felt I could teach these students, they are somehow like my students back home..  I felt quite at home with them unlike in other classes where the students do not show any interest and are too immersed in their school work and self-sufficient with their school community to care about who you are or which damned place you come from.. There was a strong sense of being outsiders among my new six friends, that makes them seek shelter in knowing more people and get more confidence when knowing they are not alone there..