I have been able to take a few more pictures of some more of my students for you all to see. I do still have more students than this - all in time :P Below is my kindergarten class that I spend the most time with (Monday-Friday 10-230). From left to right: Anie, Sungwon, Grace, Olivia, Diana, Tyler Michael and Sally.
And a close up of Tyler and I - What a cutie!
Here is one of my ILP classes (the drama class). This class is doing the play Ali Baba Jr. and the Four Thieves. I mentioned before that they memorize the play and preform (without an audience) but I don't think that I mentioned 'phone calls'. Every Thursday after work I have to call each of my ILP students (I believe there are 10 total) to practice their lines and practice talking on the phone. Each phone call has to be three minutes long, no more - not sure how effective this really is, but the parents love seeing their kids talk on the phone in English. Below left to right is Kate and Sohee.
Sally was absent this class, and Anthony left for soccer before we took pictures, but you can see him in the video! In the video they are practicing one of their songs for the play - Anthony usually does this hilarious dance, but he wouldn't do it that day. Regardless, he is equally hilarious in this video.
Grace Teacher and Rachel Teacher both leave next Thursday (totally jealous of their planned travels!) but that means that the two new teachers will be arriving this Sunday! We already know that one of the teachers is Nathan Teacher's friend from Minnesota and the other teacher is a girl name Hayley from London, who has been teaching in Daegu (South Korea) for a year. I actually stumbled upon Hayley on a Facebook group, so we have been chatting a little bit already. New teachers means that there could be some changes in classes/schedules so we will see what happens in the next little bit.
Tonight I bought a crock pot from a guy in the area that is leaving. I'm so excited about it! It will be super nice to be able to not fry everything that I eat and it will be super useful come Winter to make soups and stews (although I'm not sure how considering I haven't seen any chicken/beef stock/broth). He also gave me a few packs of seasonings that he won't be using up before leaving. Here is my crockpot:
It will also make cooking dinners easier for me (I hope) because most nights (especially my longer days, Tuesdays and Thursday) I am so tired when I get home, making dinner is something I don't ever want to do. So if I can have something cooking in the crockpot ready for when I'm home, that would be awesome. Feel free to pass along any recipes with simple ingredients! Tonight I was really craving cheesy rice (what we call it - no idea what the Korean name is) but a lot of the teachers stayed late at school to finish progress reports (like report cards). I don't have to do them since I haven't been here long but will likely have to do them in a month or so. Regardless, I didn't go out for cheesy rice, rather made my own version at home - but I need to find the red pepper paste! Also if you have tips for making hard boiled eggs, please let me know! The last one I made the egg shell was really hard to peel (so many small pieces) and when I hit the egg to crack the shell to start peeling it, the whole egg broke in half which I thought was odd. The membrane also stuck to the egg which was gross.
Finally, here is a quote I'll leave you with that I read today and liked:
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending." -- Maria Robinson
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