One month down

So its officially been over a month since I arrived in Korea. Its hard to believe that its really been that long! I had a really hard first 10 days however the last 3 weeks have flown by. Once I started teaching the days just blended together. I have learned a lot about Korea and been pushing myself in new ways.

Teaching has been really good. I actually miss my kinder class when I am not at school. They are so cute and so much fun. I found out that tomorrow I am getting a new kinder student, Jasmine. This will put my class at the max limit of 10. I am worried about what lever her English will be at. I have had a stressful time learning how to teach young kids. The older classes are easier because they are all at the same level. They may know very little English however each student is at the same pace making it easier to teach. The kinder class is not like that. I have 3 students, Louie, Sean and Sarah, who are A LOT more advanced then the rest. They finish most of the class work before I finish explaining it to the other students. Louie is so advanced that he tells me numerous times a day that it is 'too easy teacher.' I have not found the balance between keeping him interested while helping my other students who cannot read, the, are or in. I am hoping that this will get easier as I continue to learn other 'tricks' from the other teachers.

Yesterday Britney and I went into Seoul. We took a bus there and walked around for a while. It was unbearably hot, around 97 with the same humidity as always for Korea. We wandered into a temple and palace by chance. We saw Seoul Tower from a distance and walked along the stream that runs through Seoul. Later in the evening we headed back to Suji. We then met up with Steve, Michael and Blake, other teachers we work with, for some card games.

Today I just laid low in Suji. I went to get groceries, did a few loads of laundry and cleaned by bathroom. I also put up more pictures on Snapfish.

Tomorrow starts another week at LCI!!