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I would like to start by saying that some jobs look simple and many people would deem they are easy at the first sight. Alright, it is not completely true. One will never know how something tastes until tasting it his/her own. It is the same thing with the teaching task. Some people wiuld say it is easy peasy job;just stand right there giving instructions on front of a couple students. It is entirely the opposite,it is a tiring job, but tire here is more related to one's psychology and inner side. However, it is relative for teachers depending on many standards like the age of the students,culture or nationality. For instance, as for my experience, teaching kindergarten students is much more tiring and difficult than teaching secondary students and the latter is a bit harder than teaching university undergraduates. The reason behind this is firstly little children need more care and more fun and activeness and vitality in the classroom and i would like personally to compare six kindergarten students to 200 university students because i honestly had this ecperience of standing and do some sort of funny english teaching and found it psychologically exhausting because of staying active and within the children flow for some time. Another matter is that kindergarten students are not so attentive. I had students running around or jumping or stick to my leg or doing anything other than sitting and listening to me. In such situations, one must keep nerves and be patient because it is a moment that decides one's own real metal. Now meanwhile this noise in the classroom,what i often do is punishment or at least thretening. I threten them by removing the marks or stars they gained during the lesson or or sacrifice with one victim student so that they will understand the situation and the context in which i omitted their stars. So next time they will probably less noisy and more cautious for the protection of their stars. One of the other difficulties a foreign teacher may have inside a kindergarten classroom is the miscommunication and language barrier between him/her and the students as the teacher speaks another language and the students at a very early learning stage. So in this case it is paramount to have a teacher assisstant in the classroom to link both of you and bond comprehension. One more thing to consider about teaching in kindrrgarten is that you can have short time lessons and you will perhaps have much fun. We should not look down or underestimate the teaching in kindergarten because it is apparently difficult and there is a big responsibility taken by teachers to achieve that noble mission. I would like to add that kindergarten teachers have a good reputation among all teachers; the reason is that it is thoroughly a stage for building blocks for the children upcoming future learning of the language. Thus the hardest mission is to put and start a strong premise and once you started , everything will be clear later. One advantage of teaching very young students is that you get to understand what motivates them most. You will have a very solid patience and flexibility even outside the classroom. I have been teaching in a kindergarten for several months. I wouldike to say that it is difficult when trying to teach them but at the same time, the act of teaching itself makes you feel you are doing something worthy and meaningful in your life, sharing knowledge with innocent minds.
