Hi my name
is Nathan Leong and in mid November I started my AIESEC internship at Datong
Elementary in the city of Kaohsiung Taiwan.
Initially
it was a little awkward to start off with, as most of the students looked at me
with the ‘who’s this guy’ kind of face, and not being allowed to speak Chinese
didn’t really help the problem. Although
there were some students who were capable enough to engage in basic
conversation, (words apart from ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’), most students would shy
away and run off in embarrassment.
In the
second week I started to give presentations to all the classes, an introduction
to Australia, all in English of course. This gave me the opportunity to finally
meet and get to know all the students and teachers, as we’d play some games at
the end and become closer to each other. After this week I felt I was no longer
a stranger to the school and now almost all the students would stop me in the
playground to have a chat.
Apart from
going around making presentations and teaching English, I was also lucky enough
to have come during a particular period of the semester to participate in many
other school events including the sports carnival, an English play and to go on
a Hakka Excursion.
After my
six-week internship, I can wholeheartedly say that I will definitely miss
everyone’s company. It has been a joy to
be able to intern at Datong elementary, and I would totally recommend any other
intern in choosing this same school, and I assure they will not regret their
decision. Many fun times will be had so be prepared!
Of my time
in Datong Elementary.
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