xirtam
Puritan Board Freshman
As an ESL teacher in a foreign country, my job has basically consisted of acting like a clown without the red nose. Most times I feel like a monkey in a zoo or in a vending machine as they put in a coin and I dance.
That is all fine and well, because most times I am having some fun, but it does get old sometimes.
Two things came up over the last month. The first being that I was forced to wear a magician's costume for the kids during Halloween. When I say forced, I mean that I said, "I'm not going to wear that costume." and the teacher said, "You must wear the costume." They put the coin in and I danced.
The second is a special event class that I was asked to do for next week. Part of this hour and a half class has me doing a "magic show". They bought a whole magician's bag full of stuff. It is all slight of hand stuff, of which I have not begun to practice, but apparently this is a big part of the class as I am told to "make the kids happy". It comes with a little bow tie too, so they will put in the coin and I will dance.
Is this magic to be avoided?
In Christ,
That is all fine and well, because most times I am having some fun, but it does get old sometimes.
Two things came up over the last month. The first being that I was forced to wear a magician's costume for the kids during Halloween. When I say forced, I mean that I said, "I'm not going to wear that costume." and the teacher said, "You must wear the costume." They put the coin in and I danced.
The second is a special event class that I was asked to do for next week. Part of this hour and a half class has me doing a "magic show". They bought a whole magician's bag full of stuff. It is all slight of hand stuff, of which I have not begun to practice, but apparently this is a big part of the class as I am told to "make the kids happy". It comes with a little bow tie too, so they will put in the coin and I will dance.
Is this magic to be avoided?
In Christ,