So one of my students today said to me, "Teacher! Your voice is much louder this year than it was last year!" haha I dunno if it's true or not, but it made me laugh a little bit:)
Another student story (not a funny one):
Some of my classes have to write in diaries that they turn into me every day. One girl, who I think is actually one of my prettiest students, wrote about how ugly she thinks she is because her skin is dark and her nose is round. She said she was going to get plastic surgery on her nose when she gets older. I thought it was really sad:(
I don't know if you guys have noticed but I added a Korean word of the day thing to my blog. I'm not too crazy about the words it picks, but I though you guys could learn some Korean with me! So maybe I'll try to throw in some Korean every time I post on here. Korean of the day: 코피 pronounced Ko Pee. It means bloody nose (Ko=nose, Pee=blood). I've had a couple of kids with bloody noses since I have learned this, one this week actually. The kids were impressed that I new how to say this:)
By the way, its my mommy's birthday tomorrow. I know somebody wants to buy her a plane ticket to Korea so she can visit me! Miss u mommyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
It seems like every time I write a blog I end up having to write it twice. grrr Sorry guys, I've been really busy. At school there is like no time to breathe, and when I'm not at school and I have free time, writing a blog isn't usually at the top of my to-do list.
Anyway, like I said, school has been really crazy. We have almost no free time now. Monday's and Tuesday's are my best days. The week is just downhill after that. The kids aren't bad. There are just so many of them now and a lot of them don't know much english. The little bit of Korean I've learned has helped some. You have to be careful using it though cause they freak out when you speak Korean and they start trying to talk to you. Oh, kinda funny side note story... One of the new upper level kids got to class early one day. I was at my desk doing something and he was reading. He had a question so he said in the most serious, polite voice, "Excuse me sir, what is this word?" I thought it was pretty funny. I didn't laugh though, and I probably should have corrected him, but I couldn't. haha:) Ok, well that's enough about school.
Last Saturday I went to Lotte World with Michael, Kristina, and Shawn.
Lotte World is an amusement park that is half inside and half outside. We were excited about not having to freeze to death, but it wasn't too, too cold. The lines were really long though, much longer than at Everland. Everland was much better overall actually, but we still had fun. We didn't ride many rides, only one that was kinda scary. They had balloons that went around the whole indoor area. That was pretty cool. After we got tired of waiting in long lines to ride rides, we went to the arcade to play games and then we took pictures at the photo booth. Korean photo booths are so much better. They're also pretty stressful. You get to decorate your pictures, but it gives you a time limit, so if you don't know what you're doing you're in trouble!
Sunday after church we went shopping around Bucheon Station and then met our friend Janice for Shabu Shabu. Very yummy:)
After dinner, I went to meet Abby's new dog, Honey. He's very cute:) Makes me want a pet. I'm thinking maybe a hermit crab? Honey also got to meet Peanut. They got along pretty well. Then we went to Baskin Robbins for ice cream. We wanted to get the ice cream fondue thing, but they didn't have it so we had to settle for normal ice cream:( Oh, well. So that was pretty much my weekend.
This week, not too much exciting. I did get to make St. Patricks day hats with the kids. When I say I got to make them with the kids, what I mean is, they got to color them, and I got to do everything else. They were much more complicated to make than you might think.
And that brings us to this weekend. Last night I went to see a movie with Abby and today I slept in and other than a trip to Homeplus, a little cleaning, and some laundry, I haven't done much. The weather is sooo nice here now. It's finally getting in the upper 50s to 60. Spring! Yay!! I love it!
Anyway, like I said, school has been really crazy. We have almost no free time now. Monday's and Tuesday's are my best days. The week is just downhill after that. The kids aren't bad. There are just so many of them now and a lot of them don't know much english. The little bit of Korean I've learned has helped some. You have to be careful using it though cause they freak out when you speak Korean and they start trying to talk to you. Oh, kinda funny side note story... One of the new upper level kids got to class early one day. I was at my desk doing something and he was reading. He had a question so he said in the most serious, polite voice, "Excuse me sir, what is this word?" I thought it was pretty funny. I didn't laugh though, and I probably should have corrected him, but I couldn't. haha:) Ok, well that's enough about school.
Last Saturday I went to Lotte World with Michael, Kristina, and Shawn.
Lotte World is an amusement park that is half inside and half outside. We were excited about not having to freeze to death, but it wasn't too, too cold. The lines were really long though, much longer than at Everland. Everland was much better overall actually, but we still had fun. We didn't ride many rides, only one that was kinda scary. They had balloons that went around the whole indoor area. That was pretty cool. After we got tired of waiting in long lines to ride rides, we went to the arcade to play games and then we took pictures at the photo booth. Korean photo booths are so much better. They're also pretty stressful. You get to decorate your pictures, but it gives you a time limit, so if you don't know what you're doing you're in trouble!
Sunday after church we went shopping around Bucheon Station and then met our friend Janice for Shabu Shabu. Very yummy:)
After dinner, I went to meet Abby's new dog, Honey. He's very cute:) Makes me want a pet. I'm thinking maybe a hermit crab? Honey also got to meet Peanut. They got along pretty well. Then we went to Baskin Robbins for ice cream. We wanted to get the ice cream fondue thing, but they didn't have it so we had to settle for normal ice cream:( Oh, well. So that was pretty much my weekend.
This week, not too much exciting. I did get to make St. Patricks day hats with the kids. When I say I got to make them with the kids, what I mean is, they got to color them, and I got to do everything else. They were much more complicated to make than you might think.
And that brings us to this weekend. Last night I went to see a movie with Abby and today I slept in and other than a trip to Homeplus, a little cleaning, and some laundry, I haven't done much. The weather is sooo nice here now. It's finally getting in the upper 50s to 60. Spring! Yay!! I love it!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
This week hasn't been as bad as I thought... The morning schedule is kind of temporary. I think they're trying to get the kids used to coming here before we go into having normal classes with them. So I don't have much to do then. I have a few new classes in the afternoon, but a couple of them dont start until next week so I've had a break there too. Next week is not going to be as fun. Oh, but guess what! Pre-k kids are gone! Well, they aren't gone, but I dont have to teach them anymore! Yay! In other news, it snowed some yesterday. Not nearly as much as you guys got back home. I'm so jealous! So, I went to Outback last night with Abby and Kristina. The food was really good, but just couldnt eat it all, so we asked for to-go boxes. They took our food, brought it back in boxes along with 2 of the small loaves of bread for each of us! I was pretty excited:-) Oh, I forgot to tell you guys, I have a Korean name now...sorta. 돌벽 (Dolbyeok??) It means Stonewall. Don't ask. Ok, thats all for now.
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