November 29
Today was Megan’s first day.  She is the new Montessori teacher and what a surprise is she in for.  Khru Loy has just finished converting the classroom from Montessori to traditional Thai education, which is a lot of sitting, copying an listening to the teacher.  This was all unknown to me at the beginning of the day so I was ready for normal classes.  As I started teaching Yoga I had a great time with the young kids. At one point Megan came in to observe.  It was a little distracting, but I got the kids back on track no problem.  Then there was the elementary.  Oh my gosh I really had the thought that I was a failure as a teacher!  They didn’t listen, ran around, jumped and made lots of noise.  That is all ok at times (like recess) but yoga class is a little more organized.  Needless to say, we didn’t do much yoga, and I didn’t know what was wrong.  I found out later about the major change, and that made it all the clearer why they didn’t want to listen to me.  They were just forced to listen to a teacher for hours and they were done.  I don’t blame them.  Oh well at least I know now.  In the end I did get a few hugs from my students which always makes the day better.