Mr. Ray

Oh my students.

For the most part, my students really try. Some have better skills than others. In every class, there are a few students I rely on to explain something if the others don't understand. And, in every class there are some students who do not have the best grammar or the widest vocabulary, but they try so, so, so hard to express themselves in English... and I end up feeling a little like this.

Having learned a second language myself, I know how annoying, frustrating and disheartening it is to have ideas in your head and be unable to find the words you need to express them.

So students, I commend you. You go school for what seems to me like 12 hours a day, and then you take music lessons and/ or sports practice, and then you go home and do more homework, and then you sleep and do it again the next day, even if that day is Saturday, and (most of) you are still able to be energetic and personable in my (sometimes boring... I know- I'm working on it) class. And as Mr. Ray said, really- don't hurt yourself, because you, my friends, are doin' just fine.