Natasha followed Mr. Kim to her class. She entered the class and saw that every student was at their desk doing something. No one was walking around or talking to other person. Everyone stood up and greeted Mr. Kim as soon as they saw him.
"Good morning class. This is Natasha Holden. She will be joining us from today. Welcome her to your class. Natasha why don't you introduce yourself to your classmates. No need to be shy." Natasha let out a little sigh and nodded.
She knew that this moment would come. " My name is Natasha Holden and I'm from city B. I grew up in city T went to X Girls High School there."
"How many siblings do you have?" a cute bubbly girl asked her. "I have a younger sister".
"What are your hobbies?" There it is. There is one of those questions that Natasha was dreading about. How can she tell them that she has no hobbies. They might laugh at her. And this is just the first day of school. Even more so just the starting of he day.
"It looks like Natasha is getting more shy. Why don't you guys introduce yourself to Natasha?" said Mr. Kim. One by one everyone introduced themselves to Natasha. But Natasha forgot most of the names. It was her first time meeting them and she was quite nervous. It is only natural that she might forget some things. But she remembers that the cute bubbly girls name is Kiki.
"Okay Natasha you can go sit in the empty seat beside Kiki." "Thank you Mr. Kim."
"I hope all of you will get along with Natasha and help her get adjusted to this school and its environment. As you guys heard, she used to study in an only girls school so this kind of environment is new for her. Boys, no pranks or any mischief with her. Try and see if you can become her friend at first."
"I will help her Mr. Kim. I will also keep the boys away from her if needed." " Oh, I know you will do just that Kiki."
"So students let's start with the class. As it is our first class after the previous school year and today is the first day of new school year, we will just be jogging through our memory lane and see if we remember any of our lessons from last year. So, Kiki. Why don't you tell me the formula to calculate the area o a sphere?"
"It πr^2 Mr. Kim." "It seems that you remember it." "I studied hard you know Mr. Kim".
From the conversations and question answers flowing Natasha understood that Mr. Kim is a really nice teacher. Unlike the teachers of her previous school who would always pull a long face and yell, Mr. Kim is talking very nicely with the students. The teachers from her previous school had the policy that they are superiors and they can never talk politely to the students.
There were instances where the teachers were so rude that the students would sometime cry. Even parents were called to the school but the teachers never changed their attitude towards the students. They continued to behave rashly and talk rudely to the students.
Those teachers always think that they are the ones who are always right. The students can never be right and would scold the students if the students tried to talk logically. They would say "Am I the teacher or are you the teacher? tell me who is the teacher. I studied hard for years and became a teacher. I have years of experience in teaching and I know what I am doing. I don't need you to teach me something. I am the older one here. I have seen more of the world than what you have seen."
Natasha always disliked how those teachers would talk to the students. Now that she is here, she feels like this is how a teacher should behave. Mr. Kim is talking politely with everyone. But none of the students are misbehaving with him or disrupting the lesson. Everyone is diligently answering him questions.
"Natasha, have you studied the Pythagorean theorem in you previous school?" "Yes, I have Mr. Kim." "Then can you tell me the formula?" " The Pythagorean theorem formula is a^2+b^2=c^2" "That is correct. Good job everyone. It is almost time to end the class. See you guys tomorrow. And Natasha come to the teachers room after school to collect your uniforms and other things which you will need from me." Natasha nodded.