Back to School

Today went pretty well. I had 4 classes, and I taught mostly the same stuff I taught last week. I'm a little worried about making sure the grade 2's get through everything they need to for exams, but one of my coteachers reassured me that the Korean teachers make sure. I spent most of the time last week doing my introduction game, so I didn't get to do the textbook work. I don't want my students to be behind is all. I think it will turn out alright. Some of my classes were talkative today, but others had serious cases of the Mondays. Oh well! It's to be expected. I think I am getting better though. I adapted to the fact that my flash drive didn't work for one class, and I am teaching them more vocabulary. I fell into the rhythm of concept check questions (not just saying "do you understand?"), so I think that's good. Still, I need some more practice. I started my sticker reward system today. Some of the kids seemed to enjoy it. We'll see if it actually makes them pay any more attention. Ugh. Sleepers. It's difficult to make this text book more interesting and still get everything done that I need to. I am still doing my intro game with a few classes since I have some classes once every other week. It's really funny; whenever I talk about my "fiance" they say "beyonce," and I get to say, "no, not the singer!" It makes me laugh.

The teacher who sits next to me helped me order snacks from the snack lady! I will not get a different flavored yogurt every month, which will cost about 12000 won per month ($12). I just won't buy yogurt again. It was good this morning for sure. In one of my last classes, there was a boy wearing a Boston shirt. It had dates on it that I didn't get to verify, like the founding of the city or something. I didn't want to stare at him. I did catch that it said "Massachubetts" on it though! Oh man! If I find that shirt somewhere, I'm totally getting it! So funny.

I did some lesson planning for next week though too. I'm teaching how to give your opinion and ask others for theirs with one class, so I think I'll do a debate. In the other class, the topic is something having to do with Korean culture all over the world. The textbook is really vague on this topic. I think I'm going to spend some time talking about Koreatowns all over the US. I have to find something else to do also. I start my Teacher classes on Wednesday, which is excited. Teachers in the school come to practice their English with me. It's a conversation class. The teachers have been very nice so far, and I think the school nurse who helped my headache is coming!

Tonight, I got home from school and cooked dinner. We had chicken with pasta and tomato sauce. We bought a big thing of chicken, so we need to make sure we cook it. We went on a walk and got bubble tea tonight. It's interesting to look around our neighborhood. There's a lot going on. Also, I notice that in Korea cars randomly park on sidewalks all the time because there's like no parking around, and U-turns are totally legal. There are even specific u-turn lanes! crazy.