Dynamic Life Korea? They weren't kidding.

Hello. I realize I went from weekly to biweekly here.
When I was in orientation for this job, they told me Korea changed its national motto. It used to be "land of the morning calm" and now it's "dynamic life, Korea". That means life is changing, a lot. I live in one of the most "rural" areas of the country, and my school is super rural... and yet we still have a lot of the "bali bali" "hurry hurry" lifestyle. If you thought your 6 year old had no patience.... my 7, 8, 9 year olds have none to speak of. But I digress.

I took pictures from the weekend but haven't had the time to upload them. So here is a picture I just took.

Today my school had a field trip to this high school that focuses on skills, one of which is cooking. So the kids all made cookies. I made some too. :D But these cookies I'm holding were cookies the students gave me. Aww. One is a panda and the other is a girl's head. Aww. My 5th graders like me. Maybe it's because I let them watch Mr. Bean. But it's like this - we have a deal. They behave, and we can watch 3-5 minutes of Mr. Bean. (sadly i can't trust the other grades to behave even with that kind of deal. my kids beg like none other, so if they were bad, they'd whine and cry and beg and plead for Mr. Bean... and I'd have to listen to it until "byebye time". what's worse is the kids that really want something will stick around after class to continue begging. There are only 5 minutes between class periods, so getting kids out the door on time is EVERYTHING. Because I have 5 minutes to pick up previous stuff and set up for the next class, or to run to another classroom with my stuff. (sorry i'm digressing))

I love field trips. It provides a natural environment to speak English. And the best part is, the kids don't fight me. They have no idea they're "learning". They pretty much have to speak English to me most of the time anyway but on field trips they often have more things to tell me or show me. Or as we do something, it gets explaining.

Anyway I have things to do, and sleep needs to be attained. I'm trying to always get 7 hrs of sleep. It's so hard.