Just thought I would make a quick note about mogis (aka mosquitoes). Nobody likes them, sure. But here, there is no "mosquito season" per say. They are just always around. It's almost November and they are just as frequent as when I first arrived. You can try to kill them with your hands, which normally works on most mosquitoes I've encountered. Not sure what it is, but the mosquitoes here are lightning fast and it's harder to catch them with a clap. They do not come in droves, but there is always ONE around. You kill it, and ten minutes later another one appears. My only defense at night is to turn on the airconditioner and bury myself under blankets. Ok, so it might not be as bad as I make out to be, but they are definitely annoying.
In other news, the director of my school told us (the foreign teachers) this week that she is getting married next weekend! She said she is very shy so she didn't tell us til now. She said it won't be a "traditional Korean" marriage but it should still be a fun event.
Tomorrow is Halloween and I still don't have a costume. Lame, I know. I'm getting on it tomorrow. In past years at our school there has always been a Halloween party on the day or the Friday before. However, this year, because of school being cancelled for a week, and beacuse parents are still worried about the swine flu, we couldn't have a party. We still gave out candy at the end of class. Nobody really dressed up except for one teacher and one student who wore what seemed to be a wedding dress. Very cute. I would say it wasn't scary at all, but she was wearing a face mask so it added something creepy.
Just an afterthought: If anyone wants to be very generous, you can go out and buy some candy at all the post-Halloween sales and send it to me. :)
Evan Richards
Ding Ding Dang English School
3F-1090-6
Suseong-Dong 4-GA
Suseong-Gu, Daegu
South Korea, 706-777
Friday, October 30, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Back In Session
So my week of no school has come to a close. I must say, it was quite nice to have a week off. It actually started as a lazy week and I didn't get out as much as I would have liked. The last few days were quite active though. It appears that the Swine Flu outbreak won't have any ill effects in the long-term. There were a few kids missing the first day back and some may have dropped the school entirely, but so far everyone seems fine. More kids are wearing masks and the parents are still worried about it spreading more so we can't have a Halloween party. We were going to make a haunted house out of one of the rooms, but now we just have to teach a regular day. Sad.
Halloween here isn't really a nationally recognized "Holiday." Most of the kids know about it but there isn't any formal practice of trick-or-treating as I understand it. However, the foreign community makes sure to celebrate. There will be a big costume party downtown on Saturday, which should be fun. I have no costume yet, but hopefully I can piece one together before Saturday...
On Sunday I went on a hike at Apsan Mountain with some of my co-workers. It is the beginning of Fall and the leaves are just starting to turn. Lots of bright yellows and reds, but much of it is still green. It's very beautiful up in the mountains and the view is pretty spectacular. Daegu is in a huge valley, so the entire city is pretty much completely flat. We hopped in a taxi and drove about 10 minutes to the mountain. And it isn't a gradual climb to the base of the mountain, you just arrive and it juts up quite steeply. Apsan is a very popular place because of how close it is and there are tons of trails that are pretty well developed. We walked up a ways to the cable car and took that up to the top, then hiked down. There are electric cables going up the mountain so at the top there are some restaurants and some other random buildings. Very strange to see. The hike we did was pretty up and down, and it was no easy feat. There were lots of middle-aged hikers with their fancy gear and hiking poles. If there's one thing to say about the older people in Korea, they are very active and fit. Lots of walking, hiking, and exercising. Many public parks have free exercise equipment you can use. We even ran into two outdoor gyms on the hike.
Halloween here isn't really a nationally recognized "Holiday." Most of the kids know about it but there isn't any formal practice of trick-or-treating as I understand it. However, the foreign community makes sure to celebrate. There will be a big costume party downtown on Saturday, which should be fun. I have no costume yet, but hopefully I can piece one together before Saturday...
On Sunday I went on a hike at Apsan Mountain with some of my co-workers. It is the beginning of Fall and the leaves are just starting to turn. Lots of bright yellows and reds, but much of it is still green. It's very beautiful up in the mountains and the view is pretty spectacular. Daegu is in a huge valley, so the entire city is pretty much completely flat. We hopped in a taxi and drove about 10 minutes to the mountain. And it isn't a gradual climb to the base of the mountain, you just arrive and it juts up quite steeply. Apsan is a very popular place because of how close it is and there are tons of trails that are pretty well developed. We walked up a ways to the cable car and took that up to the top, then hiked down. There are electric cables going up the mountain so at the top there are some restaurants and some other random buildings. Very strange to see. The hike we did was pretty up and down, and it was no easy feat. There were lots of middle-aged hikers with their fancy gear and hiking poles. If there's one thing to say about the older people in Korea, they are very active and fit. Lots of walking, hiking, and exercising. Many public parks have free exercise equipment you can use. We even ran into two outdoor gyms on the hike.
Timber, Danni, and Alison hiking Apsan.
To see some more pictures check out my album: http://picasaweb.google.com/evan.richards/EvanInKorea
Don't forget to also check out my youtube page for videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/erichards719#p/u
Monday, October 19, 2009
Swine Flu Strikes Daegu
So I found out this weekend that one of my preschool students has the Swine Flu! We got a call from the director of our school and she told us that our school would be closed for a week, without pay. So we had mixed reactions. On one hand: a week off! We only get two weeks off for the whole year so add another one right there. On the other hand: we don't get paid. I wasn't too worried about this, but some of the other teaches are leaving in about a month, so there goes a quarter of what they would be getting for their last paycheck. Basically, we all lay low and hope none of the staff or other kids get it. My worry is how this will effect the school in the long term. The school has already seen a decline in enrolled students in the past few months. Surely we will lose more because of this incident, and I'm worried that our school will have a tainted name. "Don't send your kid to that school, they had Swine Flu there." Here in Korea, Swine Flu is no joke. The other day my director asked me how I was feeling; if I felt cold. I said I was fine and asked why. She said, "Well it's starting to get cold, and when it get's cold... Swine Flu." Thaaaaat's not really how it works, but I just went with it and said I felt fine.
In other news, I attended my first field trip with the preschoolers last Thurday! We went to an amusement park in Daegu called Woobang Tower Land. Named after Woobang Tower which sits on top of a nearby hill and boasts truly amazing views of the valley. Woobang Tower is the highest tower in Asia apparently, and you can jump off it! Unfortunately, we didn't take the preschoolers up there. So I got to work at 9:45 on Thursday morning and got to ride in one of the school vans with some of the kids to the park. They all had their little school jackets on so we could easily identify them. There are about 30 preschool students and we had 8 or 9 teachers there to supervise. When we were lining them up outside the entrance, I looked at Ray and he seemed sad. I tried to ask him what was wrong but he didn't answer. One of the Korean teachers asked him and he said he was hot. She felt his forehead and said, "He has a fever." By the way, Ray was the one with Swine Flu. I wondered why his parents would send him to school with a fever, but I thought he probably just didn't want to miss the field trip. He ended up sitting in the shade with one of the teachers most of the time because he felt so bad. Poor kid.
We took the rest of the kids on three rides and they had lots of fun. When it was time for lunch they all whipped out their little decorated mats to sit on and their little lunch boxes with kimbap (rice and seaweed rolls, kind of looks like sushi) and other goodies. We foreign teachers wandered around and snagged freebies where we could. The kids were quick to offer them up. After some running around, we headed back to school. The kids went home, but we all had to teach the rest of our classes. We were already exhausted, so by the end of the day we were spent.
Jun, Stephanie, and Henry with Woobang Tower in the back.
Andy!
The first non-Western style toilet I found. Looks like a urinal on the floor.
Honey and Tommy! Little geniuses.
Kimbap for lunch! Rice rolled in seaweed with ham, egg, radish, carrot, etc.
Alison, Danni, and Me with our Y1 class. Very smart preschoolers.
To see more pictures of this trip and all of my pictures so far, go here: http://picasaweb.google.com/evan.richards/EvanInKorea#
I have also uploaded a bunch of videos to youtube, so you can check them out here: http://www.youtube.com/user/erichards719
This past weekend I took my first trip outside of Daegu, to another city on the southeast coast called Busan. There was a HUGE fireworks festival that we went to, and saw the best fireworks I can ever remember seeing! I will write about that in the next few days. But if you want to see a video of the fireworks:
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Address in Korea
Here is my address in case anyone wants to send me letters or candy or such things. It is the address of the school because I don't know the address for my apartment and this is just easier.
Evan Richards
Ding Ding Dang English School
3F-1090-6
Suseong-Dong 4-GA
Suseong-Gu, Daegu
South Korea, 706-777
Evan Richards
Ding Ding Dang English School
3F-1090-6
Suseong-Dong 4-GA
Suseong-Gu, Daegu
South Korea, 706-777
Monday, October 5, 2009
Happy Chuseok!
Saturday was the Korean holiday Chuseok. As I mentioned before, this is basically the Korean Thanksgiving. Many people travel to other cities and visit with relatives and have lots of fun, and most importantly, time off of work and school! I've heard tales that the main highways are so crowded with cars it can take 12+ hours to drive across to Seoul, which usually only takes about 3! With most people I know out of town in Seoul, I had the weekend to myself. I did some exploring on Saturday but not much else besides. A bit quiet, but definitely relaxing. I was able to study up some on some Korean customs and language. I'm learning Hangul at the moment, which is the Korean alphabet. It doesn't use characters so it is much easier and quicker to learn that Chinese or Japanese. But being able to pronounce the words doesn't mean much if you don't know what they mean! Anyway, here are some pictures from my jaunt around Duryu Park in Daegu.
After hiking up to the top of Duryu Park there are phenomenal 180 degree views on both sides.
A path through the park.
I stumbled across some illicit gambling in the park. Mostly men playing some game I couldn't figure out until this woman came up and demanded to play. They seemed to think it was funny at first but she was definitely forceful. I took this picture and they got mad so I put my camera away and left.
Families in the park enjoying their time off!
The Korean flag. It's called Taegukgi.
A temple along the road in the park.
Silhouette of a bell hanging from the roof.
Little Buddhas.
As I was leaving the temple, one of the monks came up to me and said something in Korean. I said I didn't understand. Then she said "Today is Korean Thanksgiving" and handed me a bag full of all the fruits and treats you see on the table! What generosity!
Oh, one more thing. When I was doing my huge first post on Friday, I suddenly wondered if I could get onto the roof of my apartment. Here is a video I took showing the amazing view from my roof, and a few pictures from the roof.
Pretty sweet hangout, huh?
Up on the top most roof.
Friday, October 2, 2009
One Week Down
Hellooooo rest of the world! Well, I have been here a little over a week now and just finished my first week of solo teaching. Saturday is a national holiday called Chuseok, which is essentially the Korean Thanksgiving. So we have Friday off. It was nice to only have to do 4 days my first week. But I'll get to that in a bit. Let's start from the beginning.
I knew this post was going to be really big, so for the past week I've been making a mental outline of all the stuff I need to write about. I'm going to split this post into two sections for easier reading. First I'm going to just go over the touristy type things that I've been doing. Then I'll talk about the actual teaching.
As some people may know, I didn't know a great deal about what my situation was going to be like once I arrived here. I didn't know what my apartment was going to look like or if I would have a roommate; I didn't know much about the school or how many other teachers there would be; I didn't even know how old my students would be or how many classes I would have. My flight was paid for by the director of my school and he told me that once I landed in Seoul I should get a bus ticket to Daegu and borrow someone's cell phone to call and tell him. After I did buy my ticket, I wandered up to a payphone (digital touchscreen operation, of course) and gave up after I couldn't find an "English" button. Just then, these two young Korean women came up to me and asked me if I would take a survey for their University class. I was kind of in a hurry, but I cut them a deal. "I'll take your survey if I can borrow your phone for a quick call." Done. So I got on the bus, which was quite nice, and slept most of the way. We got into Daegu around 11pm and got off the bus with all my stuff and just stood there waiting. My director told me that Abraham was going to pick me up. A taxi driver asked me if I needed help but I said someone was on the way- hopefully. About 15 minutes later a car pulled up and Abraham jumped out to help me with my bags. We chatted on the drive over to my new apartment. When we arrived at the door he knocked, and my new roommate opened the door. I didn't know I was living with anyone until right then! So I chatted with Analisa for a bit before going to bed. She's 22 like me, and let me know that we are the babies among foreign teachers because everyone else is in their mid-late 20s. Analisa is from just outside of London and has been here almost 9 months. She's really cool and it definitely helped a lot having someone who could help me out with directions and meeting other people right off the bat. I found out I was lucky to have some time off and a few days of training. New teachers often arrive sometime late at night and have to go to school the next day to observe a few classes before taking their own on in the afternoon.
My bed, which takes up half the room. I use the half closer to the wall to hold a bunch of stuff. And my room does have a chair for my desk, but it doesn't fit there so I sit on the end of the bed! I actually like it.
Bathrooms here don't have separated showers. So you just use that shower head in the corner there.
Small kitchen space.
Pretty sweet living room arrangement.
I had Wednesday off, then I observed Thursday and Friday. On Wednesday one of the foreign teachers who is leaving showed me around for a few hours. We walked over to the school that I teach at, called Ding Ding Dang. DDD is a private school that teaches mainly English. There are actually a number of DDD schools in Korea because it is a franchise, and the director of my school owns three others. After seeing where the school was we walked over to the Geheum River (I think) and walked along the path there before heading home.
Later that night, Analisa and I headed downtown to meet up with some other foreign teachers. The nightlife in Daegu is pretty active and there is always a lot going on. We went to eat galbi which is thin strips of beef or pork and veggies that you grill yourself right at the table. Then you put what you want in a big lettuce leaf, wrap it up and eat it! Delicious. After that we went to a few bars. I should note that "last call" as we know it doesn't really exist here. Some bars do close at 4am or so, and others just close when everyone eventually leaves, which might not be til 7 or 8am! I haven't experienced this yet, but I have been assured that I will at some point.
Thursday and Friday I observed Christina, the teacher I'm replacing. I took notes on her teaching methods and on the behavior of the students. I'm quite lucky because Christina is an awesome teacher and all of the kids are well behaved. As I have no real teaching experience, it was very helpful to observe. But after two full days of just sitting there, I was ready to try it out on Monday. My plans for the weekend consisted primarily of finding power adapters for my electronics, namely my computer. Saturday I went down to Homeplus, which is just a big department store. It was the first time I took the subway, and luckily most of the maps and directions are also in English, so getting around isn't too hard. I looked all around the electronics floor and couldn't find anything. I then tried asking someone who worked there and we both tried to figure out how to let him know what I was trying to find. Eventually we figured it out and he walked around with me for about 5 minutes trying to find something but never did. Then I went to another electronics store across the street and tried there but they didn't have anything. Saturday turned up nothing. Sunday I tried again. I went downtown and tried my luck at a large bookstore that sells Western books. Didn't find anything there, but below that was a huge underground mall-type walkway. Eventually I found a few plugs, bought a watch for about $3, and went home happy.
So EVERYONE uses umbrellas here. It's warm enough when it rains that you usually just wear a T-shirt. I felt weird wearing my raincoat.
Then I saw this. Woohoo!
Underground shopping.
I taught from Monday to Thursday and now we have a 3 day weekend because of Chuseok, which I mentioned earlier. Most of the people I have met here so far are all going to Seoul for the weekend. However, I don't have any money yet so I have to stay here aaaall alone. It gave me a good excuse to finally do this epic post and to do some exploring. Tomorrow I'm going to go to some big parks and temples, and hopefully I will find the National Museum which has tens of thousands of archaeological artifacts. Should be a fun weekend, hopefully cheap too!
Teaching:
This last week was pretty much just spent teaching. Two of the teachers from our school went on vacation for a week so the rest of us have to sub for them, adding more classes to our schedule. Though I only had 3 extra classes the whole week, so it wasn't too bad. Where to start? I guess just by saying that I really love teaching so far. The kids are full of energy and really enthusiastic most of the time. A frequent question I got from people before I left was: "How are you going to teach them English when you don't speak Korean?" Pretty much all of the kids at the school can understand English and put together some basic sentences. Others are more advanced. Classes range from preschool up to 15 and 16 year-olds. And age doesn't correspond to skill level. I have a class of preschoolers who can read, write, and speak very well already. I was so blown away and impressed by how advanced they are already. The one main rule during class time is NO KOREAN! Think about this: if they can only communicate to me and each other in English, they progress faster and can help each other figure things out. Each class that meets with a native English speaker also meets with a Korean co-teacher, to help explain the points of the lessons. Also, all the students and Korean teachers have English names, so it is much easier to remember them all.
Because I teach at a private school, I don't have standard hours. Monday, Wednesday and Friday I start at 1pm and go til about 8pm, with a few breaks in between. Tuesday and Thursday I start at 10am and finish at 7:30pm, but I have a 4 hour break in the middle of the day. The reason is that all of the kids also go to public school, and usually have other private lessons to attend as well. Some of these kids go to school for 10 or more hours a day! Going to public school, then English classes, piano, taekwondo, math, Chinese, etc. These kids work so hard!
Each class is only 40 minutes, which usually goes by very quickly. I'm still learning how to manage the timing of the lessons. The curriculum of each level is set up pretty well and laid out for teachers to follow. The learning materials are mainly books with stories and characters, songs, writing exercises, and all sorts of other things. How I decide to teach the points is mostly up to me. We use a lot of games and songs to help learn and get them excited. Because these are kids you have to be very goofy a lot of the time and make them laugh. But it isn't all fun and sometimes I have to yell. The first few days were rough on my throat, but it's getting fine now. One of the other Korean teachers was explaining to me that in Korea, the teachers are not the students friends and they are very strict. So a lot of the advice I've been given from other teachers during my orientation was to be very strict and harsh for awhile. I think I have a pretty good balance of being fun enough for the kids to like me, but strict enough that they don't get out of line. And the class size is generally 6 or 7 students, but I have one class of 9 and one class of 3. So all in all it is quite a fun experience so far. One thing is for sure though: it is VERY exhausting!
I knew this post was going to be really big, so for the past week I've been making a mental outline of all the stuff I need to write about. I'm going to split this post into two sections for easier reading. First I'm going to just go over the touristy type things that I've been doing. Then I'll talk about the actual teaching.
As some people may know, I didn't know a great deal about what my situation was going to be like once I arrived here. I didn't know what my apartment was going to look like or if I would have a roommate; I didn't know much about the school or how many other teachers there would be; I didn't even know how old my students would be or how many classes I would have. My flight was paid for by the director of my school and he told me that once I landed in Seoul I should get a bus ticket to Daegu and borrow someone's cell phone to call and tell him. After I did buy my ticket, I wandered up to a payphone (digital touchscreen operation, of course) and gave up after I couldn't find an "English" button. Just then, these two young Korean women came up to me and asked me if I would take a survey for their University class. I was kind of in a hurry, but I cut them a deal. "I'll take your survey if I can borrow your phone for a quick call." Done. So I got on the bus, which was quite nice, and slept most of the way. We got into Daegu around 11pm and got off the bus with all my stuff and just stood there waiting. My director told me that Abraham was going to pick me up. A taxi driver asked me if I needed help but I said someone was on the way- hopefully. About 15 minutes later a car pulled up and Abraham jumped out to help me with my bags. We chatted on the drive over to my new apartment. When we arrived at the door he knocked, and my new roommate opened the door. I didn't know I was living with anyone until right then! So I chatted with Analisa for a bit before going to bed. She's 22 like me, and let me know that we are the babies among foreign teachers because everyone else is in their mid-late 20s. Analisa is from just outside of London and has been here almost 9 months. She's really cool and it definitely helped a lot having someone who could help me out with directions and meeting other people right off the bat. I found out I was lucky to have some time off and a few days of training. New teachers often arrive sometime late at night and have to go to school the next day to observe a few classes before taking their own on in the afternoon.
My bed, which takes up half the room. I use the half closer to the wall to hold a bunch of stuff. And my room does have a chair for my desk, but it doesn't fit there so I sit on the end of the bed! I actually like it.
Bathrooms here don't have separated showers. So you just use that shower head in the corner there.
Small kitchen space.
Pretty sweet living room arrangement.I had Wednesday off, then I observed Thursday and Friday. On Wednesday one of the foreign teachers who is leaving showed me around for a few hours. We walked over to the school that I teach at, called Ding Ding Dang. DDD is a private school that teaches mainly English. There are actually a number of DDD schools in Korea because it is a franchise, and the director of my school owns three others. After seeing where the school was we walked over to the Geheum River (I think) and walked along the path there before heading home.
Later that night, Analisa and I headed downtown to meet up with some other foreign teachers. The nightlife in Daegu is pretty active and there is always a lot going on. We went to eat galbi which is thin strips of beef or pork and veggies that you grill yourself right at the table. Then you put what you want in a big lettuce leaf, wrap it up and eat it! Delicious. After that we went to a few bars. I should note that "last call" as we know it doesn't really exist here. Some bars do close at 4am or so, and others just close when everyone eventually leaves, which might not be til 7 or 8am! I haven't experienced this yet, but I have been assured that I will at some point.
Thursday and Friday I observed Christina, the teacher I'm replacing. I took notes on her teaching methods and on the behavior of the students. I'm quite lucky because Christina is an awesome teacher and all of the kids are well behaved. As I have no real teaching experience, it was very helpful to observe. But after two full days of just sitting there, I was ready to try it out on Monday. My plans for the weekend consisted primarily of finding power adapters for my electronics, namely my computer. Saturday I went down to Homeplus, which is just a big department store. It was the first time I took the subway, and luckily most of the maps and directions are also in English, so getting around isn't too hard. I looked all around the electronics floor and couldn't find anything. I then tried asking someone who worked there and we both tried to figure out how to let him know what I was trying to find. Eventually we figured it out and he walked around with me for about 5 minutes trying to find something but never did. Then I went to another electronics store across the street and tried there but they didn't have anything. Saturday turned up nothing. Sunday I tried again. I went downtown and tried my luck at a large bookstore that sells Western books. Didn't find anything there, but below that was a huge underground mall-type walkway. Eventually I found a few plugs, bought a watch for about $3, and went home happy.
So EVERYONE uses umbrellas here. It's warm enough when it rains that you usually just wear a T-shirt. I felt weird wearing my raincoat.
Underground shopping.I taught from Monday to Thursday and now we have a 3 day weekend because of Chuseok, which I mentioned earlier. Most of the people I have met here so far are all going to Seoul for the weekend. However, I don't have any money yet so I have to stay here aaaall alone. It gave me a good excuse to finally do this epic post and to do some exploring. Tomorrow I'm going to go to some big parks and temples, and hopefully I will find the National Museum which has tens of thousands of archaeological artifacts. Should be a fun weekend, hopefully cheap too!
Teaching:
This last week was pretty much just spent teaching. Two of the teachers from our school went on vacation for a week so the rest of us have to sub for them, adding more classes to our schedule. Though I only had 3 extra classes the whole week, so it wasn't too bad. Where to start? I guess just by saying that I really love teaching so far. The kids are full of energy and really enthusiastic most of the time. A frequent question I got from people before I left was: "How are you going to teach them English when you don't speak Korean?" Pretty much all of the kids at the school can understand English and put together some basic sentences. Others are more advanced. Classes range from preschool up to 15 and 16 year-olds. And age doesn't correspond to skill level. I have a class of preschoolers who can read, write, and speak very well already. I was so blown away and impressed by how advanced they are already. The one main rule during class time is NO KOREAN! Think about this: if they can only communicate to me and each other in English, they progress faster and can help each other figure things out. Each class that meets with a native English speaker also meets with a Korean co-teacher, to help explain the points of the lessons. Also, all the students and Korean teachers have English names, so it is much easier to remember them all.
Because I teach at a private school, I don't have standard hours. Monday, Wednesday and Friday I start at 1pm and go til about 8pm, with a few breaks in between. Tuesday and Thursday I start at 10am and finish at 7:30pm, but I have a 4 hour break in the middle of the day. The reason is that all of the kids also go to public school, and usually have other private lessons to attend as well. Some of these kids go to school for 10 or more hours a day! Going to public school, then English classes, piano, taekwondo, math, Chinese, etc. These kids work so hard!
Each class is only 40 minutes, which usually goes by very quickly. I'm still learning how to manage the timing of the lessons. The curriculum of each level is set up pretty well and laid out for teachers to follow. The learning materials are mainly books with stories and characters, songs, writing exercises, and all sorts of other things. How I decide to teach the points is mostly up to me. We use a lot of games and songs to help learn and get them excited. Because these are kids you have to be very goofy a lot of the time and make them laugh. But it isn't all fun and sometimes I have to yell. The first few days were rough on my throat, but it's getting fine now. One of the other Korean teachers was explaining to me that in Korea, the teachers are not the students friends and they are very strict. So a lot of the advice I've been given from other teachers during my orientation was to be very strict and harsh for awhile. I think I have a pretty good balance of being fun enough for the kids to like me, but strict enough that they don't get out of line. And the class size is generally 6 or 7 students, but I have one class of 9 and one class of 3. So all in all it is quite a fun experience so far. One thing is for sure though: it is VERY exhausting!
This is Christina, who I am replacing. And this is the workspace for a lot of teachers. It's crowded.
One of the preschool classes working hard!
My two preschool classes during PE time. Normally they aren't in the same room together.
My next post is probably going to be my observations of and thoughts about Korean culture thus far. Check back soon!
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