That's more like it

I'm grateful to be teaching classes I enjoy even more than at the last school.

What's the difference?

1. These days, I don't teach any literature classes. I never hated them but prefer the content in courses like the Grammar classes and Spelling classes I'm now responsible for. That stuff is my jam!

2. For the first time in Honduras, I teach 11th graders (who are actually high school seniors according to the way my new school is structured). The seniors are better equipped to handle conversations and creative writing assignments I probably wouldn't try with younger kids.

3. The experience of teaching 6th and 7th grade is also new this year. I admit I was concerned that their mentality and behavior might be too much like the things that make me never want to teach elementary school, but I have been pleasantly surprised.
Working in my favor is the fact that this year's 7th grade only has seven students!

4. Even the textbooks are better. The Houghton Mifflin English books I taught from before were of use but not the best fit for the background and cultural environment of these Central American kiddos. Too many unimportant topics and references Honduran kids would need extra explanation for, and all this for the sake of understanding details that won't benefit the lives of even those who go on to live in the states or study in U.S. colleges and universities. 

5. Each class from 6th grade through 11th grade has only one section. I don't remember feeling too annoyed to teach the same lesson twice every day in the past, but maybe 'one and done' is more desirable to me.