I woke up early and proceeded to continue my general attitude of not doing anything. Sitting wasting away seemed good enough for me. I watched several episodes of Breaking Bad and just just relaxing. Putting off doing anything. My feet still hurt from the sunburn.
Eva Kakao talks me and asks what I am doing. Tell her nothing. She tells me she is going to go to the Korean War Memorial Museum. So that is what I decided to do.
My feet really hurt, but oh well.
Outside there were planes, all sorts of planes. I love planes. I spent a great deal of time looking at them. I was telling Eva about them and flying, but I am not sure how much she understood, since she does not understand a lot of English.
We went inside the museum but did not stay for very long. She was really hungry. We got the Army Base Stew (which I found fun because that came about after the Korean War). So I am definitely going to go back and take some time at the museum.
Came back to Bobo, met up with Rob and we all hung out by the reservoir park by our apartment. We then spend a while outside of the GS.
That was it. Sunday was pretty relaxing too.
I have some pictures of the planes in front of the memorial. I will post them soon.
Monday May 20.
High energy kids and low energy teachers.
Juliet weeped today. She did not bring her chopsticks, which I guess is a weeping matter. She was the only one. We have open class tomorrow. Open class is where the parents come to watch us. All of us teachers are stressed. We can only teach the kids, but throwing parents into the mix... we never know what will happen. I was talking with some of my fellow teachers about students we are worried about. I said Juliet. The other teachers did not know who she was. Camille thought she might know. She asked if it is the girl that usually wears a bow in her hair. She then asked if it was the girl that had darker eyebrows and features. Once again I did not know. Then she asked if it is the girl that always looks like she is on the verge of tearing up. Bingo.
So I am kind of nervous about open class. When I practiced with Louise and Ronnie, the kids were good and were able to do the work. When I did it with just the kids, they could not do the simple math. So hopefully with their parents there, they can do it, and they do not talk too much in class.
I have not written my thank you cards for teachers day. I looked for some... Koreans love stationary .. you can get all sorts. The one thing I cannot find... Thank you cards... or any cards that have envelopes. I can buy single cards, but buying 30 cards would be tough. Not only the process of it... I cannot read Korean (or understand it) so I would have to find someone that could confirm that I am not buying a card that says I'm sorry for your loss (or something similar). I'll try to get it done by Friday.
A week or so ago, I was grading a test in one of my advanced classes as they were taking a test. I chuckled. I was grading papers for my Canada class. During Canada's test, these two girls were sitting next to eachother, I told them repeatedly not to look at each-others test. So, as I am grading it, one of the girls put the persons name that she was sitting next to where her name was supposed to be. Then the two girls got the same answers wrong. I made a comment about how suspicious it was. And that when someone cheats, they may think they are being clever, but writing the persons name that you are sitting next to on the top of your test just isnt good. Turns out that the one of the boys in my advanced class, well his sister is the one that was cheating. I had no idea. Then this boy tells his mom. Mom scolds daughter and talks to Korean teacher. Korean teacher asks me whats up. I show her the test and she just shakes her head and says she will show this girls mom. I should not have made the comment to the class... So I need to be more careful. Though one of the things that teachers do to "reward" the older students is let them help grade things. They like it because the responsibility and we like it because that helps us. Now I know I cannot do that with this class.
I got home from work and took a nap. I love naps. I was running low on energy and knew that if I went to bed early, I would wake up way too early or not sleep well. After my nap, I ordered McDonalds. I had been hungry coming home from school. I walked by the usual places that I get dinner food and nothing sounded good. So, McDonalds it was. I then watched several episodes of the TV show Seven Days. Oh the nostalgia. I did laundry and ironed my shirt for tomorrow.
Time to hit the hay and hope I sleep well so I have energy for my open class with France tomorrow. After that, I have Denmark open class on Wednesday.
That was it. Sunday was pretty relaxing too.
I have some pictures of the planes in front of the memorial. I will post them soon.
Monday May 20.
High energy kids and low energy teachers.
Juliet weeped today. She did not bring her chopsticks, which I guess is a weeping matter. She was the only one. We have open class tomorrow. Open class is where the parents come to watch us. All of us teachers are stressed. We can only teach the kids, but throwing parents into the mix... we never know what will happen. I was talking with some of my fellow teachers about students we are worried about. I said Juliet. The other teachers did not know who she was. Camille thought she might know. She asked if it is the girl that usually wears a bow in her hair. She then asked if it was the girl that had darker eyebrows and features. Once again I did not know. Then she asked if it is the girl that always looks like she is on the verge of tearing up. Bingo.
So I am kind of nervous about open class. When I practiced with Louise and Ronnie, the kids were good and were able to do the work. When I did it with just the kids, they could not do the simple math. So hopefully with their parents there, they can do it, and they do not talk too much in class.
I have not written my thank you cards for teachers day. I looked for some... Koreans love stationary .. you can get all sorts. The one thing I cannot find... Thank you cards... or any cards that have envelopes. I can buy single cards, but buying 30 cards would be tough. Not only the process of it... I cannot read Korean (or understand it) so I would have to find someone that could confirm that I am not buying a card that says I'm sorry for your loss (or something similar). I'll try to get it done by Friday.
A week or so ago, I was grading a test in one of my advanced classes as they were taking a test. I chuckled. I was grading papers for my Canada class. During Canada's test, these two girls were sitting next to eachother, I told them repeatedly not to look at each-others test. So, as I am grading it, one of the girls put the persons name that she was sitting next to where her name was supposed to be. Then the two girls got the same answers wrong. I made a comment about how suspicious it was. And that when someone cheats, they may think they are being clever, but writing the persons name that you are sitting next to on the top of your test just isnt good. Turns out that the one of the boys in my advanced class, well his sister is the one that was cheating. I had no idea. Then this boy tells his mom. Mom scolds daughter and talks to Korean teacher. Korean teacher asks me whats up. I show her the test and she just shakes her head and says she will show this girls mom. I should not have made the comment to the class... So I need to be more careful. Though one of the things that teachers do to "reward" the older students is let them help grade things. They like it because the responsibility and we like it because that helps us. Now I know I cannot do that with this class.
I got home from work and took a nap. I love naps. I was running low on energy and knew that if I went to bed early, I would wake up way too early or not sleep well. After my nap, I ordered McDonalds. I had been hungry coming home from school. I walked by the usual places that I get dinner food and nothing sounded good. So, McDonalds it was. I then watched several episodes of the TV show Seven Days. Oh the nostalgia. I did laundry and ironed my shirt for tomorrow.
Time to hit the hay and hope I sleep well so I have energy for my open class with France tomorrow. After that, I have Denmark open class on Wednesday.
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