We ended up teaching our elementary school students after lunch. With no information on what we were supposed to do and the student's textbooks (no teacher copy) we taught for 4 hours. It was pretty interesting. For the most part, the kids are nice and want to learn but there is an obvious disparity in abilities between and within classes. Some students can speak to you well and hold up a conversation while others can only listen to instructions and write information down. The school facilities in the afternoon school are just ok. We pretty much have a classroom with a white board and that is about it. The Kindergarten is unreal. They take cello and computer and cooking classes at the school and we get to teach some sports to the students as well. The Korean teachers set the schedule for us and tell us what we should teach so it is really just a matter of understanding how to speak English and paying attention to the kids.
We got our landing bonus today, 200,000 Won (1000 to 1 ratio). We haven't had much of a chance to spend it as we taught until 6. We will be done at 430 tomorrow and will head to "Lotusmart" which is apparently like a Walmart or Target. Our pillows are terrible and we need some small things for the apartment. We also need to buy some slippers because you do not wear your shoes inside office buildings or houses here. Therefore, at work we take our shoes off when we go inside the buildings and put a pair of thin crappy slippers on. We will go and get more comfortable pairs tomorrow, my feet are sore.
I am too tired to think so this is just rambling babble. I will post when I can think again.
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