Not really too much new to report. Things have gotten pretty routine now. I am trying to wake up early to work out, but I only succeeded once last week. It's really sad, but I find it really hard to get out of bed before noon. I know that's bad. I'm trying to work on it, but when I don't start teaching until 1:20pm it's easy to just stay up late, and sleep in. Then I just work out after work. Must try to motivate myself better. We'll see what happens.
Our classes got switched around a lot after Christmas. Only once of my classes stayed the same. Otherwise I have new kids in all the others. So far I really like all new classes. I don't have any really annoying kids, and most of them are pretty good, and participate well, and seem to be motivated. Who knows how I will feel about them after I've had them longer. I've found that the classes I really like at first turn bad, and vice versa. I think I got lucky this time though. All my classes seem pretty good.
Also, my kinde class has gone from 2-3-2-1-2-3-4, and now we have 5!!!!!!! It is so much nicer having more kids. They are so much better behaved when its not just 2-3 kids. They stay in their seats better, and are much more motivated because they want to make sure they have the most stickers. It's amazing how brilliantly kids will behave for a sticker. I like all my kids too. There is only one who is a bit annoying. His name is Yun. The first couple days all he would say is, "What, what, what, what, what, what?" Over and over. It was funny at first, and then it just got really annoying. He is no longer allowed to say what. Now, he must say, "Excuse me?" His new thing to repeat all the time now is, "Go, go bed. Santa no coming. Go, go bed." I think his mom must yell at him to go to bed in English every night or something. I asked him if he liked going to bed, and he said no. So I'm assuming he gets yelled at every night to go to bed. He says, "Go, go bed," probably about 6 times every class. I tell him to stop all the time, but he doesn't listen. So today he was doing something he wasn't supposed to be or something, and I said, "Yun, go, go bed. Go, go bed." All the other kids cracked up, and Yun actually started to pay attention a little better.
A couple things that show you've been in Korea for a decent amount of time...
1. Everytime you turn on a faucet you flinch a little, thinking the shower head might spray you in the face. My bathroom is my shower. I have to pull a knob out on the faucet to turn my shower head on, and the shower head is right above the sink. This is how the bathrooms work in Korea. As a result, if you forget to push the knob back in after taking a shower, the next time you turn your faucet on, the shower instead turns on and you get all wet. I've actually only done it maybe 3-4 times. The first time was the worst. I thought my bathroom was falling apart or something, so it took me a couple seconds to realize what was happening, and shut the water off. Now, I understand, and I can dodge the water before it even hits me. None the less, I still sort of flinch every time I turn on my bathroom faucet.
2. You don't feel like your meal is complete unless you have at least a couple bites of kimchi. When I first got here I didn't mind kimchi. I didn't think it was too bad. Now, I all but love it. I really look forward to having a piece when I sit down to eat. I definitely think it's an acquired taste, but I really, really enjoy it now.
Well, I think that's about all folks. Until next time...keep it real.
My apartment building
Looking down my street
This is looking left at the end of my street. My school is at the end of this street.
My bathroom
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