Before I started to work as an English teacher, I didn't expect that this would happen.

But lately, I am having a feeling that the more I specialize, the more I tend to forget what it was like not to know everything about English.

Well, I should correct myself; I don't know everything about it yet, but I do know more than the students I teach do.

That's why, sometimes I find myself saying to students, "Why can't you understand such an easy question?!"

Every time I say it, I say in my mind, "Oops, I said it AGAIN!!" I regret it for the rest of each night when those eight words come out of my talkative mouth.

I'm quite aware that I myself was a boy who hated to study English, but I am sure that if I had got a chance to study it more as a junior high school student, I would have studied it more than I did.

What I am saying is, the students at our schools are given so many chances to learn with the help of their parents, but expectations of their parents seem too high for their children.

Maybe I just got so used to teaching and watching them not trying so hard. I've been a little ticked off about it.

My supervisor once told me that talking with them sometimes helps you to know them better and realize what they are lack of.

I cannot just let them spoil themselves by not trying hard, so I sometimes stop the class and share my experiences with English and explain what may happen if they don't appreciate a chance and try to study not only English but also other subjects.

The 7th and 8th graders don't really get what I tell them, but I've realized the 9th graders have certainly changed since our last chat.

My experience as a teacher has been quite challenging, but at the same time, it's been really exciting and interesting to find myself learning what I need more to become a better learner of English from teaching the students.

I guess, knowing that you never know enough about anything you're interested in helps you learn better.

11 year ago, I had no idea about English; 11 years later, I still have got so much to learn!!

I am lucky.