Rather normal day. Ian in my Australia class cried. He was not paying attention. I told him several times to stop talking and pay attention. So I go over to help him (have him find the answers, and tell him they are correct). He starts writing the answers. I tell the entire class that we are moving to the next page. He tears up, telling me he is not done. I of course know this. He proceeded to start crying. I tell him that he is the only one in class that is not finished the page, and I am not going to stop the entire class to wait for him. His crying gets louder. I open up the door to the class and ask him if he needs to go to Korea class with the 5 year olds, because they cry a lot and they dont pay attention and fall behind in their work too. He of course says no. I once again reiterate that if he needs to go to Korea class to cry, I will let him. He stops the hissy cry fit, but still is sniffling. He finishes his work pretty quickly after that. He is a smart student, but he is not able to focus and be quite. I have to scold him every day about getting out of his chair, turning around, talking...
My afternoon classes went okay. I am having a little trouble with the first year 2nd and 3rd graders. Their English level is very low. When I say very low, I mean it is lower than my France class Kindy kids. Kindys pick up information so much quicker than the older kid. They are more set in their ways. With my Greece class 3rd graders, their level is low, but they have a foundation. My England class 3rd graders.... one of the kids did not know how to write his English name yet. One of they girls is pretty good, so she tries to take a helping hand with some of the other kids. My Greece class was okay. Ronnie watched Roy for a little bit.but thankfully just by looking in the window instead of being in class.
At home, I worked on report cards for quite a while. Since tomorrow is gym day, I did not finish all of them because I figure I can do it then. Scott, Rob and I played 2 games of settlers.
Thursday October 24th.
Hell day....
Niamh was not able to come in to work. So... my gym breaks and afternoon breaks... the ones where I was going to do my report cards and my Korean homework... Well, I did not get most of them. So it was very stressful, because I had so much work that I needed to get done, as well as getting other work done too. The day is kind of a blur. I asked Louise if I could turn in the report cards on Friday. She said yes. But I still had lots of other stuff to do. My 4th graders had vocabulary, so that did not add any good to the day.
I did not get my Korean homework done. I was a zombie in my Korean class. I was uber tired the entire time and had a super hard time focusing on it.
After class, Rob, Yufei and I went to Burger B. Everyone said it is the best burgers in Korea... well I had it, and I think Gonnys burgers are much much better... and cheaper.
Went to bed relatively early.
Friday October 25th.
I like Fridays, and this one came very quickly and was well needed.
France class has been really good for me recently. But for Christine and Sam, they are naughty. They like me, and they behave. I even started a new rule in class, if anyone speaks any Korean, every in class looses a star. New rule on Friday, and it worked really well. We had Good Manners education, so I only had one France and one Australia. I was able to get all of the other work caught up. Denmark was good today too. One of the moms came by class to take some pictures through the window. As soon as the kids saw that, Doing work with them us much more difficult. Kids (like myself) like being performers and making faces at the camera.
My England class is interesting. A few of the kids, one in particular sometimes speaks to me in Korean. Not just talking in passing, but is obviously trying to communicate. I do not think she knows or grasps that I do not know Korean. It is funny though, sometimes she says something that I do know (a noun I recognize.... like pencil) and I give her a pencil. It would be helpful to know some Korean, so I could understand the questions. I could still respond in English. But just knowing what someone says is a big deal.
My 3rd graders were okay. We did write it write. It is touch, because sometimes a few students just flat out refuse to work. Normally the students that choose not to work are the students that are behind. I try to help them... but I cant focus too much time on them because otherwise all of the other students suffer.
At night, Taylor, Hudson, Sarah, Rob, Yuri, Yufei, Scott, one of Yuri's friends, and myself went out to Hongdae. As I have said before, I have been craving Jerk Chicken. We went to Zion Boat. OMG. It hit the spot. It had a good vibe in the restaurant, very Jamaican themed with Reggae music playing. The food tasted just like Jerk food I could get in a Jamaican restaurant owned by Jamaicans in NYC. This was owned by a Korean guy that went to a music festival in Japan with Reggae music. He fell in-love with the culture and food. Went and learned how to cook authentic Jamaican food. Prices were a little high, but extremely reasonable for the quality and quantity.
This is the panel I did.
We lost people, until it was just Yufei, Rob, and myself. We drank, ate some monster pizza, and then were walking to get a cab, and I played some of the little crane games (we call them crane games -like what you use to win stuffed animals- these you use a rod to push things off of shelves). I won myself, Yufei, and Rob something. For some reason, I am pretty good at them.
Cabbed it home. Really late at night/early in the morning.
Saturday October 26th
Slept in. Went to the hardware store. Cleaned my room a little. Ate some 순대 (sundae). At night, I went to the FC Seoul soccer game. It was game one for the AFC finals. We were playing Guangzhou from China. I went with Karen (Callums gf/exgf). It was amazing soccer match. Very physical and not boring like some. We spent the first half in the upper bleachers eating, and for the second, we went to the lower level. Energy of the fans is much better lower.
View from upper
View from lower
The game ended in a tie, so I was disappointed. I like winners and losers. A tie is just that.... I think that is one of the reasons that soccer has a hard time catching on in the US. An entire game with no winners and no losers. Next year I want to go to more games. One thing I really appreciate... you can bring your own food and drinks into the stadium. If you don't, instead of charging a ton of money for crap food or beer (aka sports in the US), everything is market price. A bottle of water on a hot day isn't 5 dollars, it is 1. A beer isn't 10 dollars, it is 2.50, nachos aren't 8 dollars, they are 3. There are even convince stores in the stadium selling candy bars, beer, microwavable snacks.... I would pay the same price there, that I pay at the GS at Bobo. Speaking of this, when I saw this I laughed...
Microwaves anyone can use to heat up food.
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