Today...hmm...today.
Today was a good day. Although, I have realized that I build my classes and lessons off of my students' energy. When my students don't have energy, I don't have energy and one of my classes has a severe lack of energy each week. I personally I equate good noise with energy. I suppose students can be full of energy without being loud, but I'm loud when I have energy, so I like when my students create a lot of good noise. Good noise = the kind of noise that isn't ear piercing, rude, interruptive, etc.
Apparently we are allowed to have teacher outings with our grade teachers once a month on school time but after classes are over. So the first grade teachers and I went to a museum that was dedicated to Park Kyeong Lee after she passed away. Park Kyeong Lee is the woman who wrote Toji (Land), a 16 book series. They are fictional but based on real historic events. It has been translated to Japanese (translated by herself), German, and English. I, one day, hope to read all 16 books...if I can get my hands on them.^^ Park Kyeong Lee moved to Wonju (my hometown) in 1980 to be near her son and daughter-in-law. Her son was somewhat of a provocative and political-challenging writer and often found himself in jail. I forget how many years she spent writing the Toji, but I believe it was at least 20 years. The museum encompasses just that, as well as her house, and her garden. We walked around the museum for a brief while, then through her house, and through the beautiful garden.
After there, we headed to (I don't even know if I can explain this) a memorial of sorts. It was for a soldier from the Cheosong Dynasty and unfortunately I don't remember his name. We were there for only a short while before we headed to dinner.
The teachers chose a seafood restaurant since I don't eat any other meat. It was so nice of them! AND the food was delicious!! The octopus was softer than I'm used to. I was then informed that it was, in fact, baby octopus...explains the softness. We also had sashimi (salmon included!), salad, grilled fish, mussel soup, and other assorted random seafood-y things.
I went straight to yoga after dinner...this teacher is pretty intense, but I like her. Her choice of music could quickly get on my nerves. They are rock songs turned into acoustic stop-go ballads. It's hard to explain.
After yoga, guitar lessons....^^
The end.
Apparently we are allowed to have teacher outings with our grade teachers once a month on school time but after classes are over. So the first grade teachers and I went to a museum that was dedicated to Park Kyeong Lee after she passed away. Park Kyeong Lee is the woman who wrote Toji (Land), a 16 book series. They are fictional but based on real historic events. It has been translated to Japanese (translated by herself), German, and English. I, one day, hope to read all 16 books...if I can get my hands on them.^^ Park Kyeong Lee moved to Wonju (my hometown) in 1980 to be near her son and daughter-in-law. Her son was somewhat of a provocative and political-challenging writer and often found himself in jail. I forget how many years she spent writing the Toji, but I believe it was at least 20 years. The museum encompasses just that, as well as her house, and her garden. We walked around the museum for a brief while, then through her house, and through the beautiful garden.
After there, we headed to (I don't even know if I can explain this) a memorial of sorts. It was for a soldier from the Cheosong Dynasty and unfortunately I don't remember his name. We were there for only a short while before we headed to dinner.
The teachers chose a seafood restaurant since I don't eat any other meat. It was so nice of them! AND the food was delicious!! The octopus was softer than I'm used to. I was then informed that it was, in fact, baby octopus...explains the softness. We also had sashimi (salmon included!), salad, grilled fish, mussel soup, and other assorted random seafood-y things.
I went straight to yoga after dinner...this teacher is pretty intense, but I like her. Her choice of music could quickly get on my nerves. They are rock songs turned into acoustic stop-go ballads. It's hard to explain.
After yoga, guitar lessons....^^
The end.
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