A change of pace

When I was in Korea, it used to really bother me that the students spoke out of turn. I used to ask them to be quiet constantly. But here, I seem to have gone through a transformation. It may be because of the CELTA course I did, or it might be that I am more relaxed and enjoy this place far more than Korea.

But today, I was having a discussion class, and they were talking both Bulgarian and English, laughing in class, and being unruly at times, and I didnt mind at all! In fact, I encouraged them to speak about whatever was the topic at hand, but asked that they get to keep it mostly to English. And when I needed them to be silent, they obeyed (wrong choice of words but you know what I mean). So it seems the seeming lack of control in my classes is giving me more control when needed. Its the age old method; Choose your fights!