London's Suji South Korea Adventure: Working on a Saturday

This weekend was a good one considering that we had to work on Saturday. It is hard to believe that out of 12 days, we have worked 11 of them! That is a lot when you are dealing with little kids all day who don't speak your language. By the time Friday came around, we were all pretty depressed to think about coming back to work on Saturday morning. A few of us headed out for dinner after work. Fred had left Pohang right after work on Friday and made his way to Suji.

On Saturday, we woke up and headed to work. Fred came with me to see the school, meet the Korean staff and observe my kids. It was really fun to show him around and see his reactions to everything. It is fun to compare our schools. The morning began and my kids were a little nervous about Fred. That lasted for about 4 minutes before they were all running to him to be hung upside down. The boys adored him and the girls were drawn to him. They all wanted to sit by him, help him, talk to him and quiz his Korean. They were all amazed by how much Korean he knows and that he can write it. Many times during the day, I heard, "London Teacher!! Fred Teacher speaking Korean!" At the end of Kinder, Sean's mom showed up. She came and talked to me as Sean was running around like a crazy child looking for Fred. He was telling his mom all about Fred and trying to get us to come and play at his house on Sunday. Lets just say that he now has 10 fans in Suji!

On Saturday after work most of the staff headed out for dinner and drinks. We played some darts before calling it a night. Today Fred and I relaxed and had a nice lunch before he left to go back to Pohang. It is really hard to believe that I have to go back to work again tomorrow morning!!