Hope you all have had a great week. Kids are going back to school (like most other Northern hemisphere countries) and summer is really over. I had some hectic full days teaching and other more relaxing days where I could make lesson plans, individualized for each of my students.
On Monday I broke the record of my oldest student. I always feel connected to students with a lot of life experience and am very challenged trying to adjust myself to their already set learning style; especially at the age of 83! At the end of the lesson she told me that she has realized something important during our session; she has been living in Israel for 42 years and she is still afraid to speak Ivrit with people here. Her dream is to speak Ivrit freely. Even though she knows Ivrit very well she is lacking the confidence. But she is inspired by the fact that Israelis dare to speak (terrible) English to her even though she wouldn’t do the same to them in Hebrew. Amazing what the right attitude can do! I really like this attitude of using the same chutzpah (gaul) that Israelis have to find your own inner confidence to begin speaking the language. That is my message to you for this blog post.
Shavua Tov! Have a great week!
Saray Pentzak
Ulpan Aviv- Teacher
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