Today's classes went really well. I didn't get everything in that I thought I would with the second grade, but no big deal. I'll just move it to next week.
Oh, this definitely needs mention! The best lunch to date! Tuna, cabbage, kimchi, rice (mix it together for bibimbap!!)
I decided that I wouldn't go to 청주 (Cheongju) today. I was going to go with a few teachers to eat dinner with our VP who is training to become a Principal, but it is a 2 hour long drive there and a 2 hour drive back; we wouldn't get back until 11:00PM.
After lunch, I had the same three sixth graders come to my classroom just to hang out and talk. They have been here once before. They're super cute! Two of them were hiding from everyone to open their...I don't know if they are midterm grades, test scores, or what kind of grades they were. They were upset about their grades. Guess what they were!? Go ahead...guess! 95 in Korean, 91 in math, 94 in Social Studies, and 92.5 in Science. They said that good scores are 98. Well, I suppose I used to think that way when I was in school too, but most kids don't think like that, right?! That's the way most kids in Korea feel about their grades.
I waited around to see if I would have my teachers' class today, and nobody showed up again. I think that it will resume next week. The teachers were really busy with the festival these past few weeks, and I think a lot of them thought that I was going to go to Cheongju today. After I realized that nobody was coming, I headed down to the first grade office. They invited me to eat food. 1-5 teacher said that she would cook, but apparently she had a parent do it instead. So, a few of the teachers were chanting that 1-5 teacher didn't cook. LOL! The food was really good though! We had chopchae, and two other things I don't remember the names of. I love love love the first grade teachers!
I sat around with 1-5, 1-7, and 1-3 teachers just talking and laughing for about 2 hours! I taught 1-5 teacher "sneaky" and "snoopy" while acting them out. The four of us also had the most difficult environmental conversation EVER! We tried to use big words...didn't work!^^ I think they ended up telling me that plastic and paper are polluntants and that after being recycled, they still have toxins in them so it is bad for pregnant women to drink from paper cups or eat from plastic containers. Not completely sure... LOL!
Oh, I also learned that Korean couples name their child before it is born and then after it is born; two different names. 1-3 teacher named her child 건강이 (Keongangi - Health) because she and her husband hope for a healthy baby.
When I got home, I watched two episodes of Scrubs, ate ramen, and then headed to Chiak Art Center with my homestay family. We went to watch a recorder concert. Yep, there is a professional recorder group in Wonju! I had never heard of such a thing before. It consists of young students all the way up to adults. There are all sorts of styles of recorder; soprano, tenor, bass, etc. There was one 6th grade girl that has apparently won many competitions because of how she plays. She did two solos with a type of piano (can't remember the specific name of the instrument). I couldn't believe it! This girl was AMAZING! She did a solo...ok for all you band geeks out there...that would have easily gotten a high school senior a first division ranking in a Solo and Ensemble contest. Incredibly impressive!
After heading home, I finished off the second season of Scrubs. That's right; I watched the second season of Scrubs in a total of two days. I forgot to mention that I also caught up on the past two episodes of Prison Break at school today!^^
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