Posted in Korea, Uncategorized on 11/16/2009 10:42 pm by chrissy
These girls have been in and out of my office allllllllll day. During every break time they bust through the doors “CHRISSY TEACHER, CHRISSY TEACHER!!!”. They all took pictures of me with their cell phones (allll these kids have phones already. what?) and put it as their background so I’m glad they get to stare at my face allll day long. Haha awwwkward. But they really are cute, and ask me lots of funny questions. All the kids are nice and wave and stuff, but this crew of 5th grade girls have become my personal fan club.
This afternoon I’m leaving school a bit early because I have to do a medical exam to finish up my visa. So unless I have AIDS, it should be a breeze (uhh knock on wood). Then once that paperwork processes, I can get internet, a cell phone, and a bank account. All things I’d realllly like to have.
In the middle of writing this my office was bombarded again and they had a hay-day with the camera. This is why my job is going to be awesome.
Posted in Uncategorized on 11/16/2009 01:29 am by chrissy
First day of school = COMPLETE. I think this is going to be really awesome.
This morning I walked into the school, was introduced to my co-teacher and the Principal, and then taken directly into what looked like a recording studio of some sort. On the way in, my COT (Cindy I’m copying you on the abbreviation. Much easier) said “Could you introduce yourself to the school?” I obliged, not knowing what was actually going on, and then they sat me down in front of a video camera, said something in Korean, looked at me and said “ok go.” I know that teaching requires a lot of improvisation, but WOW. So the whole school got a live feed of me awkwardly introducing myself and waving hello. Awwwwesome. Luckily nobody actually speaks english so i just looked like a babbling blonde smiley girl. (And that’s different from America, how??)
This city is really small, and the last English teacher was actually Asian-Canadian, so I think she blended in a little better. Therefore I am like celebrity status, and these kids are SOOO cute about it. Today I taught (well, observed) a 6th, 3rd, and two 4th grade classes. Then lunch, prep time, and a day care class. Basically I’ll teach all the 3rd-6th grade classes once a week, the day care class every day, plus an advanced class and a class for teachers. 22 classes total. Don’t worry if you’re confused. I still am.
This is right outside my apartment complex last night. Isn’t it pretty? It’s like a whole different type of prettiness here. I’m glad I came in the start of winter, because everything is still new and exciting so it’s easier to forget the cold. If I had been here a long time it would just be a regular old cold and depressing winter.
