Cambly English Conversation #17 with A Wonderful Tutor | English Speaking Practice | Havisha Rathore

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So, please enjoy our conversations. Both of them are right on their point of

view. Whom will you support? Whoa, what a tough question? uh there is

this much this much portion I will take. This much portion my sister will take

and my poor father will be hanging out with this much portion.

Hello, hello, my name is Silas. What is your name?

Hello Sir, I'm Havisha from India. Oh, nice, from India, nice

and what city in India. I'm from Bangalore which is in the

southern part of India. So where are you from? Which country? Oh I'm from I'm from

the United States. I'm from California but I live in Thailand and then I used

to I used to live in India

I lived in New Delhi before. Oh that's the capital of India.

Yes, I lived there for one year before. How was your experience? It was different.

It was different but it was cool as well. The food was very delicious and the

people were really nice and it was good. A lot of people though in New Delhi, a

lot of people.

Yes, and what about you? Uh how old are you,

Havisha? Sir, I am 11 years old.

11. Yes, sir. Cool, and so are you what what

grade are you in? Sir, I'm in sixth grade. So, what do you do

in your free time? Oh me? I I don't have a lot of free time.

I don't have free time. No, I have a little bit. But, even if you have, what do

you do in that free time? Well, I just had my son and my son he's

about seven months old so when I have free time I like to spend time with my

son or go for a little run. What about you?

Sir, I spend my free time by cycling. I also love to read spiritual books in my

leisure time. Apart from that, I also love to play role playing games with my

siblings. I also love to meditate. Nice, it's nice and what do you like to study? Study?

Sir, study, I would say, I study in the evening, after I play a little bit. All

right. What do you like to study? I like all subjects. Awesome! which one is

one is like oh I really love this subject.

Oh, I can say social science. Social science. Really?

Yes. and what about social science what which part like the government part like

Society

so I like Civics first I like I loved history but now my

um what can I say, my interest changed. I

like Civics now. Civics is fun. Civics is it can be a lot of fun.

Oh, sir, you have a kid and you also said, what is the name of the kid? Oh, my son's

name is Nathan. Oh, nice name. Yes, but he's very, he's very

small uh sometimes when you're talking to me you might hear him screaming uh

sometimes but uh yeah he's very small his buddies

he's fun he's I'll show you a picture of him let me find a picture of him uh

yes that's him uh there he is he's very small

Oh he looks cute. Oh thank you. He's very big though for being a baby,

and what about you do you have brothers and sisters?

Yes, sir, I'm blessed with two siblings. And, are you the oldest or the youngest?

Yeah, I'm the oldest, sir. Ah, it's nice, you don't have to say sir. You don't have to

say sir. Okay, very excited and do you often play

with your your siblings? Yeah, yes, recently, before the session

also, I was playing with them. Sir, if you have two friends and both of them are

arguing about something and they, both of them are right on their

point of view, whom will you support? Oh, what a tough question uh uh it

depends uh I tried, I would try to help them find the middle ground right like

maybe there are some things they can agree on about each other's points right

and and then maybe they can agree on some things and hopefully it can calm

down the argument right but if they still don't calm down the argument then

that does

well uh maybe change the topic let's talk about

something else guys uh oh that would be a nice idea yeah what

about you what would you do? The same things you did but if they

would not listen to me, I would just not pay attention to the fight, and when they

get calmed down, I would talk to them. Yeah, exactly, maybe take one to another

room and talk about something else while the other one calms down in the other

room separate them right Yes, sir. if you have space for it. Yes.

How big is your house? Right now, it's very small. Right

now, I just have one bedroom, but next week, I'll be moving to a two-bedroom

apartment. How about your house? How big is your house?

Sir, my house is not too big either. You won't find a place

empty to keep something.

That's how my house is right now. Especially, since I had my son, once I

have my son, the whole place is full. I have a, I have a little bit of space for

myself. But, it's mostly space for my wife and my son. They take everything, and then

for me, I get a little bit of space. Oh, I think the same my mother and father

talk about me that I and my siblings take over the whole space and then even

a little part of it such as. Exactly, Exactly. If the bed is this much,

this much potion, I will take, this much portion, my sister will take, and my poor

father will be hanging out with this much portion.

That's how it is with my son and he's so small right he's seven months old. He's

small, but you know, he doesn't sleep, like on the long side, like the bed goes, the

long way, right, he does not sleep that direction, like normal people do, he

sleeps the other way. So, he takes up a lot of the bed,

and then, I get, like this much, and then, my wife gets, you know.

Yes. That's the same with my father, I think. Yes, we have to sacrifice.

We have to give up stuff. And, what about your parents? What do they

do for work?

What do your parents do for work? or what is

Sir, my mother is a teacher, and my father is uh is posted in Bangalore and he is in defence.

He's in what? He's in defense. Uhh, he works for the

government. Yes, nice, nice, that's exciting and what

about you? Do you want to work, so that's maybe why you like Civics, right? No,

something like I guess. And, what does your mother teach?

Sir, my mother teaches English. Nice, it's nice. I'm a teacher as well. I teach at, I

teach at an international school here in Bangkok,

and yeah it's fun but I teach kindergarten. I teach very very small students.

Oh, how do you manage small children?

First day, they come to school, that's the hardest part, the first couple of weeks are

challenging but once you build a good relationship with,

it's easy, it's every day is easy, but. But how do you manage that couple of

weeks?

Uh coffee. I'm just kidding. No, uh uh, I just try to get them used to it as

fast as I can. I throw them right into it, try to keep them busy, and get them into

the flow of kindergarten, and then, once they get into it, then it's easy every

day kind of they know the, they know the routine right. Once, they know the routine,

easy but, yes, I taught some my luckily for my

students now I taught them when they were in uh K1

and now they're in K2 and so now I have the same students in K2 and a lot of the

same students I had before in K3. Oh, that's nice.

It makes it easier. It makes it easier.

Yes, but, it's also challenging, because you teach them very, like how to write

letters, and very simple tasks so that's kind of challenging as well,

Sir, how to write letters, is taught to children in your country, in very,

kindergarten. Yeah, because, I teach at a Singapore school, and uh they start the

kids early, so the kids in K2, they start writing sentences. they start, they start

writing words, they start writing words, spelling, and then, when they're in K3,

before they go to P1 primary one, right uh, they're writing sentences, they're

doing reading comprehension, and it's very very tough.

Sir, does social science subject start for them very early?

I mean, like in P1 or in K1?

They start a little bit of social science, social studies stuff in

K3, just a little bit, but when they go to P1,

yes, they are full, and fully into social sciences and such

Yes. Oh, that's. Yes, I don't agree with the system. I

don't like it. Uh, I think, the students are too young to be writing sentences

and doing reading comprehension, but yeah if that's what the school wants, I have

to teach it. Yes, I also feel, it's not nice, but

children to do like that. Yeah. And,

recently, my brother was also playing, teacher, teacher

game, and he was very nicely imitating his teacher,

and. Really? Yes, really. On the board itself, it was

very nicely imitating his teacher as if he was a teacher himself. Yeah, nice, yeah,

did his mom observe him, and critique his teaching?

And the big letter 'A', capital letter 'A', he calls the father of small letter 'a'.

That's a good way to do it. Yes, for my students, we're mostly, they

can, I know all of them, can write the letters. So, we are going through the

sounds, and sounding Out words which is difficult for K2.

Oh, it's difficult for my sister also. When she wasn't, when she was in P2, she

was, sorry, when she was also in K2 who thought about she was starting to talk

about a little bit about vowels and all that and until she came to P1

when she came to P2, it's nice or easy for her right now.

Yeah, it could be challenging, because it's a new, it's a new thing, right, it's a

new, a new skill that they're learning, and it's tough, it's tough.

It's really tough. Yeah, they see one letter, they just guess,

like, if it's like letter, like s they're like oh it's cheap but

it's soap right so just guess sometimes I'm like

don't guess

yes my brother also always guesses and that's why I tell my mother not to teach

him my guesses. My mother always teaches him by guesses only. Hmm, yes, yes, because

sometimes, it can develop a a bad habit. Right?

The words too difficult they guess. Yes,

but still also, he will guess only, but yes, still he is learning a little bit, at

least. He'll get it, and at least he has an older sister to help him sometimes

too. Right? Oh, sir, if somebody hurts you, what do

you do? How do you react? Well. it depends, it depends.

If somebody hurt you by words, how will you react? Very badly, he will hurt you,

and then, how will you react? You will just take the revenge, or you'll take

the revenge, or hurt him back at the same time, or you will not feel good, until you

hurt the person back, or how will you pacify yourself, if you stay silent?

Who is this person? Like a boss or a co-worker?

Uh, he's a boss. If it's a boss then I'll try to talk to

them about using their words, uh, and try and justify, maybe, why I'm doing

something, maybe, why they're using these words, but it depends, yeah, I don't know.

How would you do? Oh, well they'd say how would you do it? What would you do?

I would stay silent and walk away. But, if it would be my boss, or my teacher, I will

have to obey. Oh, we ran out of time.

so much