Fieldtrip day. So today I got to wear jeans to work as well as a nice polo shirt. We took our Kindy kis on a fieldtrip. I am not exactly sure what this place was. It was almost like a giant sandbox in the basement of a building. There was 7 sections once you entered the facility. One side had activities, the otherside had the sandboxes. The very first section was for kids to take off their shoes and socks. First my kids watched a type of puppet show. It was all in Korean so I had no idea what was going on. Then we went to a section where the kids put clay in a mold to make a necklace. After that we went where we drew on paper with glue then pored colored sand on the glue... The people that worked there only spoke Korean, so they explained to the kids in Korean what to do. None of the kids really got "it' and when we tired explaining in English, I think that threw them for even more of a loop. While they are learning to speak both, I think going back and forth is too hard. The next section was a sandbox and a bouncy castle. We then moved on to an egyptian themed sandbox... but instead of looking for Egyptian things buried in the sand, it was looking for dinosaur bones. The last one was partially dinosaur themed, but there were random lights there that kids could put sand on. ... I dont get it either. I think the workers at the sand place liked me. Most of the other foreign teachers were in the back not playing with students, I was there with them. Helping them, picking them up, and when they were about to cry for some reasons, I was there to help stop it. The one thing I couldn't stop was the sand in the eyes... aye aye aye. We almost need to issue goggles to the kids.
The rest of the day was pretty calm. We didnt do anything with the Kindy kids once we got back. My afternoon classes when okay. I downloaded some videos of a space shuttle launch to show one of my classes. It worked out, but the computer did not have any sound... so I'll see what I can do for that...The classes that I will not be teaching any longer went okay too. The class that is slow was still slow. I'm happy its not just my class they are slow in. I stayed after again today to help that class. I went walking in my neighborhood after school to try to find some food. Its tough not being able to read things. A lot of the places by me are mom and pop places with no english anywhere. Its not that I care what I am ordering... I eat everything. But it is trying to communicate what I want to order. Once I can read Hangul a little better it will be much easier. Now I can sound things out... but I have no idea if my pronunciation is right... So I just went with one of the things I normally get, a lunch box, and it is something that has a little bit of everything. Soon I will start trying these mom and pop places. So only 2 days left... wow.
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