Nanny career paves my way to success

The success of a person does not lie in which way he goes, but in which direction he goes.

I never thought that I would be a babysitter. I always thought that it was all the hard work of the children from the countryside. Until one day, I realized that I also became a small nanny of other people’s families. However, the situation is a bit special. In addition to being diligent, my "nanny" needs a fluent English and a thorough understanding of Western customs to get the job done. And all of this is just for a lively English lesson.

The words have to start from four years ago. At that time, in order to improve my English, I participated in the English speaking class of the Foreign Language Training Center of Tongji Medical University. The class time was 2, 4 and Sunday nights. The tuition fees for studying are all I have been doing for two months in the summer: I am earning. Every time I go to class, I am very serious. I always sit in the first row and try every opportunity to talk to the teacher. At that time, my spoken language was still very blunt, and the tone and order of words were often wrong, but it was not important. What was important was that I valued my mistakes and deficiencies and tried every means to correct and improve.

I gradually realized that if I want to get a pure, tunneled English, I need to have more communication with English-speaking people, listen to how they grasp the tone and rhythm of the sentence, and then understand their cultural customs. A motive for eagerness to approach foreign teachers has arisen.

I thought about getting the phone number of Ms. Regina Jonker, the American teacher who gave us classes every Thursday night. In the afternoon of 'the early winter, just had lunch, the beautiful Jiangcheng was lying in the hot sunshine and snoring, and the sun shone through the window and directed at the telephone on the desk. Sitting on the side, I hesitated for twenty minutes, practicing what I wanted to say over and over again, but I was worried that I couldn’t say it well. Regina didn’t understand her, or she couldn’t understand what she said. Finally, I finally got the courage...

The phone was connected, I started to get nervous, and I couldn’t figure out what she was talking about. A few hours later, I found myself sitting on the sofa of Regina Jonke’s house. She was sitting across from me, and she looked at me with her mother’s kind eyes, patiently listening to me, stupid and stuttering. It has been prepared for a long time. After patiently answering my question, she introduced it to her own situation. Her husband, Mr. Yongke, is a Canadian Dutch who settled in Canada after they got married. Mr. Yongke was sent to the Rehabilitation Division of Tongji Hospital for medical assistance by the World Health Organization Rehabilitation Support Center six months ago. They have a 5-year-old son named Mark. Mark is currently in Tongji Kindergarten and will soon be in the country. She is very worried that Mark will not learn to teach after she was a child, because they do not understand Chinese. I heard this bravely said: "I can help him with Chinese, if you want" and tell her frankly, I don't want any remuneration, just want to communicate with them more, in order to improve my language ability. Regina accepted it with excitement and promised to help me in English learning in the future.

Often the opportunity is grasped at a certain moment, in a casual detail. Since I took the courage to call that phone, my entire life has changed. In addition to completing his homework assignments and attending night school classes three times a week, he also takes two to three times a week to go to the Yongke family to teach Mark to learn Chinese.

Soon after, Teacher Rui Jinna suffered from severe rheumatoid disease. Walking was very difficult and she could only lie in bed most of the time. Mr. Yongke’s work is very busy and he has to travel a lot. At this time, I offered to take more time to look after Mark and help with some housework. This is called "Au Pair Girl", which is a girl who wants to learn the language, does not take remuneration, eats and lives in the employer's house, and cares for the child and housework for the employer. Au PairGirl is especially common in the UK, and most of the girls are from a non-English country in Europe. And I have not yet stepped out of the country, but also because of such an occasional opportunity to start Au Pair Girl.

That year I was 20 years old, and the age of 20 is the time when most urban girls spend their time enjoying the youth and enjoying life. At that time, I was very strange to the pastimes of shopping, dating, watching movies, and I was busy between the school and the Yongke family every day. Of course, I am also enjoying life – enjoying the life I choose. Over the past year or so, I felt that I turned into a small worker bee, busy every day, and every day has new gains.

At first, the JUNKER couples could only talk with me with very slow speech speeds and very simple words. There are still many difficulties in communication. So I kept listening to the English radio every night, and recorded some of the hard-to-understand places, listened to them, wrote down new words, carefully pondered their tone and imitated them one by one. The new sentences and words learned every day can be well practiced in the JUNKER family. In the process of talking to them, they immediately ask questions, ask them to explain to me, and sometimes memorize these words in a small notebook. Whenever the JUNKER couples want to participate in some formal or informal social activities, they have invited me to be a member of their family, which has given me more opportunities to communicate with friends from all over the world and has also gained a lot of insight.

In addition to studying their language carefully, I always pay attention to their temperament and customs. In this way, you can learn about some Western cultures, and secondly, you can get along with them more harmoniously.

Let me talk about Ms. Regina. She is in her forties. She is the first foreign friend I met. I have met many foreigners in the days after she was separated from her, but I always think that Regina is the most beautiful. She is not only beautiful in appearance, but also sensitive in thinking, and she is very amiable and experienced. She has earned a full scholarship from Stanford University with excellent results. After completing her studies in the United States, she went to Europe to study and work. After traveling all over Europe, I have a strong interest in China in Asia. She read a lot of Han Suyin's descriptions of Chinese novels, and then embarked on this ancient and beautiful land that she longed for. She believes that the Chinese people's excellent traditional qualities such as hard work, courtesy and so on are worth learning by Americans; she admires Chinese culture. Once I was with her to watch Peking Opera at the Chang'an Grand Theatre in Beijing. Although she couldn't understand a word, she still looked intoxicated and excited. She also likes to eat Chinese food. She appreciates the hard work of Chinese students. She is also very fortunate to be familiar with a Chinese girl who is smart, diligent and has given her a lot of help. In my opinion, I can be with such a knowledgeable, knowledgeable teacher who is like my mother. Even a short chat can make people appreciate the world and the beauty of life. . Mr. Yongke, the male owner of the family, treats each of his patients as relatives. His wife is innocently cared for in bed, but as usual, she is obliged to give English classes to other colleagues in the department. Every time the room was cleaned, Mr. JUNKER had to clean the stairs on the fourth floor until the stairs on the first floor. He said that he should fulfill his obligations. The couple is very strict with the child's discipline, but also pays attention to the child's personality development. Western children have developed independent living habits since childhood. Xiao Mark learned to clean up very early. Every time I want to help him tie his shoes or tidy up his clothes without wearing neat clothes, he is refused. Every time he went to the bathroom, he locked the door firmly.

I wrote the course of my own school during the day and the class schedule of the evening class. The rest of the vacancies belonged to the JUNKER family. When I didn't have class in the afternoon, I went to Mark to leave school. If I had time, I would go to his class teacher and the class teacher to find out about his situation at school. When I go home, I watch him write homework. If the homework is well written, I will reward him, send him some gadgets that I personally made, or teach him to do manual work. I translated the traditional Chinese stories such as "San Mao Wandering" and "Three Monks" into English and told him to listen, and then let him try to speak in Chinese. In just a few months, Xiao Mark’s Chinese has been quite well spoken.

I am so happy and happy with the JUNKER family. My English has not only made great progress, but also "stained" a strong northern taste. The content of the conversation with the Jonke couple is coming.

The more you have, the wider the scope. They no longer have to slow down and pick up simple vocabulary, but talk to me in the way they usually use in their daily lives. Gradually, I took the JUNKER home as another home for me. I used to see the room and didn't use the knife and fork to like coffee and cheese. One day, Mark painted a picture for me to read. The title is "My Home". Mark used a crayon to draw four small people obliquely - "My family has father, mother, and Lilian and I", I was very touched when I saw it. I kissed him on his little brain.

Unconsciously the weather turned cold and another winter came. Mr. JUNKER’s medical assistance work in China is coming to an end and his work is busier than before. I don't make western food, I go to the cafeteria to buy food. They don't pay attention to what they buy, but they must come to have some desserts after dinner, such as biscuits and coffee, while children only give juice.

Every Friday, I bought Ruijinna for her favorite "21st Century" English newspaper, and often told her about the new things she encountered at school or on the road so that she would stay at home all day. As for being too stuffy. I used a very limited spare time to weave a large triangle shawl for Regina. I hope she can spend the last two months in China.

The ruthless years will not allow me to stay again and again, and the days will come as scheduled. On the way to send their family to the airport, every picture that has been with them for more than a year has flashed one by one in front of my eyes. Over the past year, with the help of the JUNKER couple, through my own efforts, I gradually changed from an introverted, awkward, and inconspicuous ordinary girl to a brave, confident, capable Lilian.

I left the JUNKER family and sent away the unforgettable winter. The hot and mellow east wind blows the beautiful river city and blows off the new prelude of my life. The new semester began. The foreign language training center of Tongji Medical University has one less experienced American teacher, but there is a small Chinese teacher who is full and serious. The same course, the same classroom, one year later I walked from the stage to the stage; from then on, I became a student.

When I first came to the podium, I was often talked about and suspicion. The actual age was a few years younger than most students. My "disappointing" person and a natural baby face took my age to a young age. . However, this is not important. What is important is that I fully believe in my ability. Every time I go to class, I will try my best to pass on the knowledge I have learned to the students without any preservation. I often review the information from the perspective of the listener. Speaking of content, try to let students learn the most things in the shortest possible time. The class I spoke was highly praised by teachers and students. She successfully taught the advanced English speaking class from the ABC junior class and became the backbone teacher of the center.

Since I don’t want to let most of my free time expand my laziness, I will apply for part-time training or translation work for some foreign companies, and increase my income while cultivating and perfecting my comprehensive ability. . The fluent English and the diplomatic experience accumulated with the help of the JUNKER couple have enabled me to answer the foreign bosses on different occasions and work comfortably. In addition, I also participated in the women's fitness club, and I exercised my body well and greeted my day-to-day life.

A friend told me that you are so lucky and lucky. In fact, as long as you seriously create opportunities and grasp it, everyone can be lucky.

Now I have been in contact with Mr. Jonker through E-mail. The good times we have spent together can only be hidden in the album of memory, and left in the leisure time to turn it out and slowly relish. When I was teaching, it seemed that I was still faintly aware of the shadow of the little girl who was sitting in the first row and actively responded to the teacher and raised her courage to visit the foreign teacher. What I did at the time didn't seem to be eye-catching, but every little thing that was inconspicuous was to save for future success on the way forward. The power to succeed and create brilliance was often hidden in those casual details. As long as you grasp your own interests and talents, grasp every insignificant detail, persevere, concentrate on doing things, and finally achieve something.

The success of a person does not lie in which way he goes, but in which direction he goes. I can't talk about it very successfully now, but I have chosen the road, set the goal and continue to move forward in a down-to-earth manner. I will not miss every opportunity to save my strength for the future and strive to create another new glory in the near future. .

I never thought that I would be a babysitter, and this time the experience of being a nanny has opened up a path to success for me.