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[Danielos]

I went to a amusement park and aquarium with the kindergarten kids and the elementry classes had a speaking contest. I don't know who had more fun today, me or my students.

[rapier]

Intense. in many different ways. as usual.

[lawyertood]

Made a student cry when she found out she got a "0" on her mid-term for helping other students with their tests after repeated warnings to stop. Her score would have been 100%.

[lush72]

I played video games and went home early.

[oneiros]

Director apparently decided that supplies like photocopy paper and whiteboard markers are unnecessary for a functioning hogwan.

Parent apparently decided that I am a free babysitting service and dropped her kid off two hours early for class, so that I could entertain him during my lunch hour.

Student decided that, instead of writing the monthly test, he would prefer to scribble all over it and rip it into pieces. Found out after class it was his last day at the hogwan, and he was upset about it.

All in all, not one of my better days, but thanks for asking.

[phaedrus]

Stayed home and surfed the net.

[captain kirk]

Word from the top (passed on to me by the students) is that the director wants the Let's Go workbooks finished up. Apparently, then, it's legal to sit down all class while helping students one by one do a page or two of workbook, much of which stumps them, apparently. It's fine to talk and repeat in class but these workbooks throw up some difficult requirements of getting the word order, spelling, meaning, and thinking for yourself to answer the question bits done. The back of the class is a 'free time' coffee salon without the coffee where, apparently, harried students hang out and kick back, chatting in Korean. Hmmm. Is this awright?
Lots of great, congenial, shining kids but on a negative note the daughter of the director's sister tossed today the flip of her puberty swings throwing trash following up with writing on the desk with marker. Overhearing my enraged directives towards Miss Sassy the wonjonim entered and berated the smartass little princess. However, my 'trespass' for laying down the law will be remembered by the in, 13 set. They've got my number and are zeroing in until their limited attention span and fluctuating hormones change their minds, which will be tomorrow.

[Son Deureo!]

The last day of the month means party time. For the teachers who work evening shift this means going oiut for grilled pork, soju, and beer with the students.

This Friday, I was teaching the morning shift, so my day wasn't quite that cool.

Instead, my first two hours were coffee and doughnuts while chatting aboiut advice columns. Then I spent an hour in the Starbucks in the ground floor of my building and gossipped about relationships with another "class" for an hour. I combined my last two hours of class, with the help of another teacher, and took both classes for a hike up the neighborhood mountain. The only downside was that three of my women students decided to wear heels today, and one of them took a spill on the way down, so she scraped her leg up pretty badly.

[crazylemongirl]

no classes today as tests. Got told no classes monday + tuesday I can have a vacation. Then principal takes me for food and booze. I get chocolate. My school rocks.

[osangrl]

my school rocks too.
Get there at 3...start at 3:10 go home by 8....usually 7.
We study ancient history...right now studying the origins of democracy and Greece. Awsome.

The kids are too cool.

[mindmetoo]

My friday was okay. One class was cancelled because of hagwon exams and another of middle schoolers was cancelled because the teacher in charge of that stream wanted to let them study for their day school exams. I clocked in at 4 pm for my 3 rug rats. After that I have an hour off which I normally spend teaching a voluntary informal speaking class with 4 elementary keeners. For an early Children's Day gift, I took them for pat bing soo. We practiced english you can use at fast food restaurants. Then I had class of advanced elementary students. I wrote up a lesson on the history of Docs and we talked about shoes and our favorite footwear. I also did a lesson on Western body language and taught them about the differences in personal space. I went home at 6:30. Jumped the subway and went to Starbucks and worked on some of my own stuff.

[kangnamdragon]

I had lunch with the ambassador, had coffee with a co-worker, then went drinking with the mayor.

[Crois]

Osangrl if you need any help on the Ancient History side of things it was my degree at university. I think i still remember a few things and it won't be from a Christian view point.

[kangnamdragon]

[Crois]

Actualy many of our sources are from Christian writers and many of them are good but there are also many who distort the view in a view more favourable to the Christian faith.