Hello everyone!
This past week we had an amazing oppoutunity to teach English for a few days at an organization called PTD. The people here were so kind and welcomed us all with open arms. It was a very good introduction to Cambodia! Working at PTD has been my favorite part of this trip so far, and it is going to be pretty hard to top this one.
On the first day we taught the kids body parts, colors and sang multiple songs with them. On the second day we taught them a whole bunch of different animals and made an art piece for a little something for the teachers to keep as a memory of us.
A few of us also got to work with the teachers one on one. This consisted of the teachers reading little stories to us and we had to correct their pronunciation of the words. We also got to know about them, why they started teaching and more about the Cambodian culture.
This experience for me personally has made me realize lucky I am back home with the education I am given. Sometimes we like to take it for granite but it truly is a blessing and the kids here go through so much to just go to an hour or two of school, sometimes needing to go to different schools throughout the day for different subjects. This was such an eye opening experience and I am so very grateful for every second of this past week. I hope I get to come back and bring my family to show them all that I have done!
Have a good day!
Kaitlyn Kotcher