Here is my version of my schedule. I drew one up for myself as the one I was given was so chaotic and disorganized, it really was not helpful at all. I hope you can see it okay and make some sort of sense of it.
Basically Monday to Friday from 10am-2:30 I teach my kindergarten class (MK). They are a cute bunch, 8 in total and all have big personalities for the most part. A few are also quite sensitive which will be interesting - one of them started to cry today because the front cover of her book folded and bent, and this only happened because she threw it on the floor. The clock on the wall, made of glass, fell off the wall today and shattered - that was eventful. And we played duck, duck, goose for our 15 minute gym time. The kindergarten classes need the most focus and work (as they mostly work and don't do much play), and from what it seems they are the big focus of the school. I'm hoping to master the flow and schedule of this class in the next week - there is so much to remember and do!
For the rest of Monday, I have ILP from 240-4pm which is basically a drama class for some of the kindergarteners. There are only 4 students in this class. They just finished doing "The Wizard of Oz" and we are now starting "Ali Baba Jr. and the Four Thieves". They have four weeks to read, learn & memorize they play all while doing short activities about the play. Then on the final day they preform (in front of no one, so sad) the play. I have this class on Mondays and Wednesdays but it's a different set of students and a different play on Wednesdays - I will be doing Hansel & Gretel.
Next on Monday is PK 206 from 405-525, which from what I understand is a grade 2 class, and I believe PK stands for post kindergarten. (Kindergarten here is 3 years!!). This was the only class I had today that I really had no clue what I was doing in! For the first half, one of the students basically led the class while I learned and the second half I felt like I had a better understand of it all and felt more on top of things and in control. They basically just do grammar, reading and spelling/definition tests in this class from what I've seen so far. I have this class on Wednesday and Friday as well.
After this class on Monday and Wednesdays I have prep time for an hour until 630. I find it interesting that the prep time is unpaid yet we still have to stay at the school. I would probably stay anyways but still. Today my prep time was basically spent organizing my desk and all of the papers and textbooks I've accumulated. As well, I sat down with Lucy, my Korean supervisor and she gave feedback on my teaching. Nothing too significant there, but she did say that she thinks I'm going to be a very good teacher at LCI (my school).
Tomorrow I take on a new set of afternoon classes that I will have every Tuesday and Thursday - my longer days. I will have RC 101 from 240-4pm which seems to be just basic grammar and reading. Then AK (afternoon kindergarten) from 405-525, but this kindergarten class is the lowest level (my morning kindergarten is the highest level). So I'll be teaching basic instructions and writing and learning letters/numbers etc. Then I will have about a half hour prep time, followed by EIC/NIE from 555-645pm. This is the News in Education class where we do a few pages out of a history textbook and then read and discuss newspaper articles. These students will be my oldest (13-15 years old I believe). I will learn more about these classes tomorrow - it will be a learning day as I don't really know what's going on.
So, I'm at the school from 9:50 - 6:30/45 each day, and that's if I leave right away. It makes for a long day, but we do get an hour lunch and honestly I didn't feel exhausted when I left today - but that could change! One of the other teachers also mentioned to me that my schedule might be added to at the end of next month when two of the current teachers return home. Right now I am completely happy with the amount I have, but maybe by then I will be happy to take on more.
Yesterday I used my washing machine for the first time and all seemed to go well. Here is a picture of the buttons I get to decode.
I am a little bit worried about hang drying my clothes as the air is so moist and muggy I'm afraid they won't actually dry fast enough before smelling bad cause they've stayed wet. Another teacher said she uses a fan to help dry them faster.
The last two nights I have also been going on walks along the river by my apartment - I love hearing and seeing the water. Here is a picture of some paintings underneath one of the bridges.
And lastly, I leave you with a picture from the packaging of a pot holder. I find it so amusing all of the sayings that you find on random items here. But so much truth.
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