today's lesson

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i used to step on the shoes of others.it's like empathy often runs in me. i usually think about the feelings that i would get if i were in someone else's situation. this afternoon, during our class, i noticed how passive my student was. contrary to how she behaved in our previous meetings;she was active then and had full of energy.but this day, it's like she was looking at me, she was nodding to what i was saying but i don't think she understood clearly what we were talking about. until such time, i asked her to read paragraphs. after that, i asked her questions to check how well she had comprehend them. all i got was "i don't know", when in fact, all answers can be found or directly stated in the paragraphs she'd read. i asked her if she's okay, she said yes; i asked her if she's sleepy, she said yes and she told me that she slept as late as 3 o'clock in the morning because she had a very good conversation with her roommates. much that i wanted to proceed with our discussion, i decided to stop and allowed her to take a nap,instead. she couldn't believe that i was allowing her, so i told her that she was allowed only for today, but next time she has to sleep early if she doesn't want to receive a negative comment in her report card. she agreed and she was very thankful. i actually did feel how sincere her gratitude was. i know how hard it is to comprehend when your mind doesn't work due lack of sleep, energy or food and i believe that the teaching would only be useless if i forced her to learn something she barely absorbs and understands.