Welcome home everyone! Wherever your home may be, I hope you all had a safe journey back. Although it's always exciting to get home again after a journey like this one, I know that it takes time to "recover" from the amazing experience we just had. Even though it's my third time, for the past few days I have still felt like I didn't know where I was! It's natural. Just some tips for any strange feelings you might have after the ship, as this is my third time to deal with it:
1) Still feeling like you are at sea? This is normal. I always feel dizzy for a few days after getting off the ship. It's normal for your body to take some time to get used to being back on land! Just accept the strange feeling. It will go away soon.
2) Feeling a little empty? This is normal too. After meeting so many amazing people, I know how strange and lonely it can feel to suddenly be without them. Don't worry. This is natural and this feeling is also temporary. I always feel a little empty for a while after the ship, but then this is replaced by a very good feeling--the feeling that I have new amazing friends all over the world...the feeling that I have made the world a more understanding place by learning about others and getting over my stereotypes and fears...your feeling of emptiness will soon be replaced by a warm feeling that will last for years. Trust me.
3) Hate going back to work? Hmmm, maybe this is the most difficult part. But, as I told people on the ship many times, SWY always makes me feel better about what I do. As a teacher, the SWY gives me more energy and enthusiasm for what I do. Put the energy of SWY into your work and you will feel better. After SWY, I think it's better to be busy than to have nothing to do!
Anyway, just wanted to give some pointers for anyone feeling strange or down after the ship. Any bad feelings are temporary. But the great feeling from SWY is NOT temporary!
5 comments:
Salam John ..
this is rania from Egypt . like many other PYs i haven't stop dreaming of the SWY 19 since i came back home .. thank you for your comforting words , i agree with you .. the world has become a better place for me ..now that i know it has a lot of wonderful people in it .. i want to say a lot of things but i am speechless - as usual- !
most of the time i was holding my camera ..so i want to share with you my photographs and my impressions .. i have added some of them to this site:
SWY19.multiply.com
English is not my first language so pardon me if my writing was not perfect.
also before i started our trip .. i made this site for my art class
idaadi.multiply.com
for first year students in the Faculty of Fine Arts , Helwan University
mostly it is written in arabic but i will try to translate it later
in this site You can see some of the students art work , they creat original compositions with plants .. study birds and still life , develop their sensitivity towards the media ( mostly graphite and charcoal since we were still at the beginning of the course )
The site is not yet what i dream of .. but please come and have a look .. the Tags can guide you since it is written in English .. i am looking forward to reading your comments
thank You
Ohayo gozaimasu, John, Rania and everyone.
this is Asuka from G group.
Time passes so quickly.
I feel my wonderful experience of SWY19 was just like a dream.
It was very helpful to read John's topic. Thank you very much.
I'm going to start teaching from this April. This is gonna be my new chapter of my life.
I'm very excited to share our amazing stories with my future students!
Hope we can keep in touch forever!
Thanks for adding some comments, Rania and Asuka. Sorry I couldn't reply quickly, but I was in the US for another trip. I hope people can start using this blog more as a way to communicate with one another. Happy blogging!
Hello! it seems really long long long time no seeing you all in my feeling...
just now the Internet in my room is connected! sorry to put a message tooooo late.
now, from this April, I start to work in high school in Japan. now I'm in charge of one class(1st grade class). I'm sure that I'll share this experience to my students.
and also I want to update many information of you all.
Keep in touch!
thank you for making this great blog!
Great teacher YASU
Yasu, how's your teaching going? I just started the first week of spring semester, so I'm pretty busy too! I will add more things to this blog soon, so more coming soon!
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