HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Even though I gave my students little notice, they went above and beyond anything I could have ever expected. Of course I gave them candy whether or not they were wearing black and orange after I told them they had to wear black and orange to get candy.^^ I could never deny a child candy!
Within the first hour I was at school, I got a phone call from 1-5 teacher asking if her class could come up. I said yes and the next thing I knew there were witches, vampires, and goblins walking into my room!! I was soooo excited!! They actually had costumes on! I have no idea where they got them, but it was adorable!
I randomly had children coming in and out throughout the day. BTW, my kids' English is not all that incredible until it comes to candy. After they asked for more than one piece of candy and I said only one, they broke out, "...but I have a sister at home." Where the heck did they get the vocabulary for that when I can't even get them to tell me what day it is sometimes?! LOL! The day was all together quite entertaining. I had a ton of candy left at the end of the day, but I guess that happens when you accidentally buy enough candy for half of a 2500 student school. I'll just keep it around to bribe students!^^
I think one of the best things that came out of today was that I had three sixth grade girls come in my room to just sit and talk to me. They asked me if Nick was my boyfriend purely because I was talking to him online. I laughed and asked one of the girls if she is married, because she wears a gold ring on her left ring finger. None of the three have boyfriends, but they all made sure to tell me that each of them is very popular and cute. One girl was punished by my co-teacher who is a sixth grade teacher. They explained that the girl didn't really do anything wrong on purpose, and then the girl let me know that she likes me better than my co-teacher. LOL! I gave them candy, and I gave the girl who was punished ddeok because she didn't get to eat lunch. As they were leaving, my co-teacher walked in. The girls laughed and quickly left. They returned after my co-teacher left, and the one asked me not to tell her teacher that she likes me better. LOL! I promised and she made me pinky promise; I haven't done that in a while. Apparently, there is a whole pinky promise strategy/series that is new to me. It involves a whole third step that I never knew about.^^
Oh, also, there was a field day today for teachers, and I didn't know about it until...today. So, as much as I love playing baseball in a skirt, I had to pass.ㅠㅠ I was at school until about 5:00PM uploading pics, cleaning my classroom, and whatnot. I can only do it at school now until I get my computer fixed.
When I got home, I cleaned my room. I was in a "I can't stand how messy my space is" mood. My host father's father stopped by for dinner. He was in town to lecture at a college in Wonju about oriental medicine. I feel uncomfortable around his father; I don't know why. He's a really nice man. I think I'm just used to outgoing people, and he is more quiet.
After dinner, I taught my host sister how to make a dog out of a beaded necklace, and then we watched Ratatouille. I had never seen it; it is an uber cute movie. I loved it! My host bro finally made it back home; he was at a science hagwan for three hours tonight, and now we are sitting, watching tv, and watching my host mom make a hanbok out of hanji paper! I'm impressed! She did an AMAZING job! They were given one night to make it, and I couldn't believe that the teacher would even suggest such a task, but my host mom is awesome! She is super crafty!
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