If
I’m counting correctly, this week makes about 8 weeks that I’ve been in
Korea. I have to say that overall it’s
been a nice time too.
Things
in my life are settling into a sort of normalcy. I teach Monday through Friday and visit/see
Dan on weekends. Thursday evenings I
have Korean class with some of my new friends and other nights I just relax at
home, usually recovering from the previous weekend, lol. I plan on signing up for dance classes at the
gym across the street from me but just haven’t managed to go inquire about it
yet. That would then fill up my Monday
and Wednesday evenings.
Living
on my own again has been a big adjustment, mostly in the cooking
department. I don’t like to cook for
one, so I haven’t been doing it much. I
made mac ‘n cheese last night though, which was a big deal. Haha
My most substantial meal of the day comes from my school lunches, which
is generally really good. Occasionally I
find out that I’m eating something a little strange, like eel, so I’ve stopped
asking what everything is and I just enjoy it.
Teaching
is going pretty well for the most part.
I of course have good days and bad.
Bad days are usually days that the kids are particularly unruly or
sleeping a lot. Good days are days that
the kids are super engaged and really asking questions and showing interest in
the lessons. (On a good day I’ve got
about 75-80% of the class engaged in the lesson.) I’ve been doing a 3 week unit on America
lately which most of my classes have enjoyed. I talk about American geography,
facts, places to visit, American high school life, holidays and customs. They loved hearing about American high school
life and how different it is from high schools here.
I
must admit though, teaching ESL in Korea hasn’t been as fulfilling as I thought
it would be. I guess I had some
idealized image in my head of being able to make a real difference in these
kids lives, be able to teach them a language that would really broaden and open
up their world. But honestly, I
sometimes just feel like an English speaking monkey brought here to full up
another 50 min class period with games. I
think that’s a whole other story though, one best left for a different blog
post.
So
yes, I’m sorry I haven’t been updating the blog enough lately, I guess that
falling into a routine makes you forget some things, you know? I’ll make it a goal to post once a week or
so, sound good?
Love
and miss you all! Talk to you
later!!! <3
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