>> What I like most is learning about students and learning about people from other countries.
So, that's really important to me, and it's such a rich experience.
So, I'm able to, in a way, kind of visit their country
and learn greetings and things like that.
I also, with my students, we learn about other cultures and holidays
and we celebrate them in the classroom.
I have a really strong connection with my parents, so I also, you know,
I'll make sure I talk with them about the holidays.
I've been to my parents.
I've been to their houses.
They've given me, you know, they have made food for me, you know, so for many ways,
it feels like my students and their families are an extension
of my own family, and that's what I really enjoy.
I would say one of the biggest challenges and constraints are the resources,
or the lack of resources that we have in the classroom, and even speaking from, you know,
I've been with the school district [inaudible] for seven years,
and in my first two years we were able to get resources that we needed.
So, if I needed books for my students I was able to order them, or a listening center or things
like that, and you know, when there was a change in government, I saw, you know,
[inaudible] resources you know, completely taken away.
So, that really is one of the hardest, is that we're asked to do more and we aren't receiving,
you know, the resources that we need.