There is something

There is something in my work; it’s not vain at all. That makes me incredibly happy, absolutely satisfied and simply excited about doing more for a future. There are moments when I see that my work gives huge results, when I’m infinitely proud of my students. It’s probably the biggest satisfaction of the teacher. To see that people you teach become the best, to feel that now they like your subject as much as you do, to be able to make people believe in what you believe in. To know that you can bring people a joy, a pleasure and a self-satisfaction as well.

It’s so simple. You give your energy, time and emotions, but you get so much energy and joy back when your students smile because they feel that they make a progress. For half a night you try to create the most enjoyable and the most effective ways of learning super complicated Russian verbs of motion. You look for a good song to show in a class for another half a night. And all together in the class you and your students struggle with exercises and explanations, dialogs and texts.

Suddenly, they get the point and give right answers and you both feel as if you have finally climbed the highest peak in the world. And there comes a day when they sing you a complicated and beautiful Russian song (after having learnt Russian for only 4 months), the song they chose, they like, and they enjoy performing. At that moment you know that you did something great. You feel that if you die tomorrow you wouldn’t regret about your life.