我之前一直引用蔡康永書中的一段：
18歲覺得英文難，放棄英文，28歲出現一個很棒但要會英文的工作，你只好說「我不會耶」。
人生前期越嫌麻煩，越懶得學，後來就越可能錯過讓你動心的人和事，錯過新風景。
最近我接到一個家教是
在澳洲打工多年
雖然英文可溝通
但是之前就學時基底沒打好
現在在澳洲需要考雅思認證
基本上 幾乎英文字是看不太懂的
我現在要一步一步幫他搭起鷹架
讓他可以循序漸進的學英文
這讓我想到我現在教的很多小學生
要是他們跟我們一樣都是很晚起步
我很多前輩甚至都是國中開始學
這個家教case又讓我再次體會到
扎根的重要性
也開始體認到
有時候覺得自己做的事情不怎麼樣
但潛移默化中 正在推動著什麼
二月開始也要開始一個新機構的工作
下週開始研究教材教法及系統
據說可以一個月就讓小孩無痛背300個字！
非常期待
I have been quoting a passage from a book by Vincent Tsai:
At the age of 18, you find English difficult and give up on it. At the age of 28, a great job comes up that requires you to know English, and you have to say, "I don't know English".
The more trouble you take in the early part of your life and the less you want to learn, the more likely you are to miss the people and things that make your heart sing.
Recently, I have gotten a student who has been working in Australia for many years.
Although she can communicate in English, she did not have a good foundation when she was studying in Taiwan.
Now she needs to take the IELTS in Australia
However, she can't read much English.
Now I have to help her build it up step by step.
This reminds me of the elementary school students I teach now.
Many people even started learning English in middle school.
This tutoring case made me realize once again
The importance of learning a language at a young age.
And I've also begun to realize that
Sometimes I think what I'm doing is not something impressive.
But actually I'm doing something that makes an impact on their future.
I'm going to start teaching a new class in February.
Next week, I'll be researching teaching materials and systems with the fellow teachers at that school.
It's said that children can easily memorize 300 words in a month.
I'm soo looking forward to it.
Source of image: https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/older-adults-may-be-better-learners-than-young-adults-1029151