I Haz A Shy

I have been looking forward to tomorrow for a long time.  I am having lunch with my ELL case study student.  I have been in the classroom already and spent hours talking to the ELL teacher (who is awesome) but now my student and I are going to chill.  Just the two of us.  Over pizza, breadsticks and pepsi (my student's choice.)

And suddenly I am feeling a bit shy.   (And I don't think I have a shy bone in my body!)

I have tried to brush up on my student's L1 (native language).   I will dress like an adult.  I am going to try to follow my student's lead.   I will be SURE to establish to my student that *I* am the student.  I want to learn.  I want to learn what it is like for my student to learn in my student's reality and circumstance.  

 

So why am I feeling shy?

sigh

I guess there is this psychological component to what I am about to do.  I am about to connect with a single individual for the purpose of understanding that individual's reality.

Maybe this is an important component to being an effective teacher.  

Yes.

That resonates with me. 

I think I will just be me.