I shoulda posted this one so long ago but I was away. My friend from back home is now teaching in Seoul. I can't even believe she's here. I remember when she told me that she would come but I wasn't sure about it. It is really good to have someone from home out here with you. In the beginning, although I met friends, the friendships of course weren't as close or intimate as the friendships that had been built over the years.
She loves the Spanish language and is kinda hating Korea right now so I hope she doesn't dip out on me. Its been 6 weeks and I have yet to see her though...?? I tried and tried to meet up but so far it hasn't worked out. Maybe this week I'll get to see her. We have classes for 4 days this week and then go back on winter break (ridiculous I know). The Korean public school makes no sense to me. But basically I go back on real vacation this time until the beginning of March. Hopefully I'll get out of the country again.
Monday, February 9, 2009
I'm back....
Sooo....Its been like 2 months since I last posted anything on my page. This is mostly because right after Christmas I got pretty ill and winter vacation started at the same time. I had to teach "Winter Camp" classes from January until the beginning of February. The classes were all day. I actually taught more than I do during the normal school year 8:40-4pm pretty much non-stop with no break. Although it was tiring it was really nice. I prefer it to the normal school year because the classes are just too big.
During winter camp I had 8-16 students per class plus taught with a co-teacher. It was fun, I got to know my students individually and they even got hooked on this Korean drama "F4" which stands for "Flower Four" I think the original Japanese version of the show was called "Flowers better than Men". The scenario of the show is that there are 4 extremely wealthy guys that go to something like a Beverly Hills High School with all the rich kids. Then there's a girl who is poor that the school took in. She's not beautiful or smart or wealthy but is opinionated and "strong"...but not really (Korean culture). The two of the four "F4" are all in love with her and all of the rich girls are jealous. All in all its pretty cheesy but I like it.
During the winter session I had my students do a role play about being a college student and looking for an apartment that close to their University. It was set up just like a real scenario, you call the owner's and ask questions about location, size, facilities etc. So I thought it would be great practice for them to actually call to the U.S. I brought my laptop into class and we used my skype to call people off of craigslist. It was hilarious and the students couldn't believe that they were actually going to talk to Americans in class. I'll post the video I recorded of it. It was a really good idea.
During winter camp I had 8-16 students per class plus taught with a co-teacher. It was fun, I got to know my students individually and they even got hooked on this Korean drama "F4" which stands for "Flower Four" I think the original Japanese version of the show was called "Flowers better than Men". The scenario of the show is that there are 4 extremely wealthy guys that go to something like a Beverly Hills High School with all the rich kids. Then there's a girl who is poor that the school took in. She's not beautiful or smart or wealthy but is opinionated and "strong"...but not really (Korean culture). The two of the four "F4" are all in love with her and all of the rich girls are jealous. All in all its pretty cheesy but I like it.
During the winter session I had my students do a role play about being a college student and looking for an apartment that close to their University. It was set up just like a real scenario, you call the owner's and ask questions about location, size, facilities etc. So I thought it would be great practice for them to actually call to the U.S. I brought my laptop into class and we used my skype to call people off of craigslist. It was hilarious and the students couldn't believe that they were actually going to talk to Americans in class. I'll post the video I recorded of it. It was a really good idea.
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