Welcome to the world of sea, mountains, beautiful people, and fabulous food (with a few exceptions). Or welcome to my world of snotty noses, broken sentences, and cute little faces. I'm in my second full day of teaching and wow. I guess I didn't think about the teaching aspect of this deal too much before I left, but it's proving to be a challenge. The kids are so, so, so adorable, and most of them are well behaved. "Most" being the key word. There are a restless few who I think live to defy every word I say. If I didn't love bad children so much, I would probably hate my life. But the truth is, I find it incredibly amusing when children misbehave. My biggest challenge is not laughing when I should be scolding, especially when a child curses at me in Korean. How did I know he was cursing? I didn't until all of the other children gasped and covered their mouths as though the worst word in the Korean language had been used against me. I couldn't help it; I laughed. Area that needs improvement: discipline in the classroom.
I have a number of stories to share and not nearly enough time. I have to be in class in 3 minutes, but I will update again soon... hopefully.
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Happy Birthday to me!
Much love to my friends and family and whoever reads this.
5 comments:
Happy Birthday to you! I am sorry that I am not there to sing with the extra Happy Birthday tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo you! Thats for that on my birthday! Just know that I was thinking about you. Good luck with everything. I look forward to all of your postings and updates on life there. You are bringing me courage in ways you will never know! thank you.....
i heart you lizzy!!
enjoy the kiddies for me ;)
I can't believe you're there and actually teaching! I hadn't thought to see if you updated your blog yet until today. Hope you had a great Christmas, New Year, and Birthday!
liz!!! happy birthday (a day late). i'm so glad you're there all safe and sound. can't wait to hear all about everything!! oh yeah, ella says hi. And she's crawling :)
happy birthday (late aswell) my friend! i can't believe that you are so far away. i miss you like crazy but i'm so happy that you are doing well...safe and sound. love ya!
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