Chuh cuuuuuute

In Cambodia they call teachers "cher", not like the singer behind the song believe (one of my favorites), but as in the second half of the word "teacher". Buuut with an accent it kind of sounds like "chuhh", like a "churro", not to be confused with "burro" (eh, Bronwyn?). Now I want a churro. 

I have 2 classes I just finished teaching; one at an orphanage, and one for the hotel cleaning staff. It was HARD. There was no book or curriculum to follow, so I had to basically make everything up off the top of my head. I'm glad I had the experience to teach there, they were really great kids. Here are many pictures of the orphanage, and the nuggets who live there

waving goodbye after class

on the last day, we brought pizza!

puppies, ducks, and children run around the grounds in a mad, usually partially clothed, free-for-all

this was my classroom for a while

pretending to drive the tuk tuk 

outside one of the classrooms

This is the hotel staff that I taught! I loved them so much. Their English was very limited, but they tried very hard and were hilarious. One of the ladies, every time I saw her, said "CHUR CUUUUTE" and gave me a thumbs up. That was about the extent of her English- except for the loads of job related vocabulary words I taught her!  She might be trying to suck up to me...or she may just have good taste. 

  oh ya... Christmas tree in our classroom.

People have tons of respect for teachers here. In the US, I wouldn't be allowed anywhere near the front of the classroom; however, in Cambodia they give me way more respect than I deserve.