We found out that on the 29th we are going to stay after school for about 2 hrs to decorate the rest of the school. The school is going to buy us pizza and beer. We have to turn the big gym into a game room, one room into a snack room, one into a face painting room and we have to make the play gym become a haunted house. Along with all of this, we are having a costume parade, a song competition (each class must learn one song. Mine is learning "Orange Pumpkins.") and we are going trick-or-treating from room to room. In order for the kids to get candy they must sing another song! I have been busy trying to teach my kids these songs so we don't have another "Lion Sleeps Tonight" disaster!
The week flew by overall! I found out that starting in a few weeks I am going to be teaching another class. It will be on Tuesday and Thursdays from 5-6. It is an upper level social studies and writing class. I am excited to teach it. I have this class now however it is a lower level so it will be fun to teach both. I am a little worried about the extra essays. I already grade about 20 a week and now I will have another class. It will be interesting! Once this starts, I will have my prep time from 6-7 so I will be working 2 more hours each week.
On Friday after school all of the girls got together at Gina's for drinks. It was a lot of fun to relax with everyone. A few of Gina's friends from the Jukjeon (the city right next to us, where the subway station is) LCI came over also.
On Saturday I went with Christine and Britney and joined a gym near our apartments. After I worked out I could really feel how much strength I am still missing in my knee. I hope that I can get it stronger now that I can do my physical therapy things at the gym. Later in the evening the 3 of us headed 3 subway stops into Seoul to Jeongja. We had dinner at a great Thai place that I had been to once. I think the girls were excited to have Thai also! Today has been a low key day.
I am very proud to say that my new (she isn't really new anymore, she has been at LCI for over a month) kinder student Jasmin can read. When she started my class I had to say each word and point to it and she would repeat me. Now if I say, "Jasmin, read number 3," she can do it! I am so proud of her! I have spoken to her mom a few times about her improvement and she is extremely happy. She wrote me a note one day and told me that she thinks my teaching is the best and she is so thankful that Jasmin is in my class! I was so thrilled and proud to read this and show my supervisor! I saw Jasmin and her mom at Lotte, the grocery store, one day and her mom told me that she also speaks Japanese. I told Jasmin that she is very smart because she knows 3 languages, and she said, "No teacher. No English!" I am so proud to say that she can now read!
Jasmin and I last week when we celebrated Chuseok. The picture below shows the flower that Jasmin made me. I now have it next to my desk!
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