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Things have been hectic over here. Every time my schedule lightens up the slightest bit my school says, "oh hai. ur not buzy, k? heres moar work. ilukthnxbai."
I had an open class on Friday, and I've got another one on Tuesday this week; I'm now in charge of planning a teacher conference for July, and working on my complete lesson plans for three weeks of Summer camp. The last I'm not too upset about because my after school kids are my favorites--they're so smart, and love English and I can make them work from the textbook for weeks on end and they're more than fine with it.
However, summer English camp is going to be much more fun. Every day is going to be a different holiday, which is pretty clever, if I say so myself. It gives me the chance to teach a little history, and work in American customs and cultures, and they're genuinely excited about it. They see the 4th of July in movies, but they have no real idea what we do. They don't know what Martin Luther King day means; they've never heard of Hanukkah.
But more important than all of that...
I'm going to be for Christmas!!!!
I talked to my co-teacher and Vice-Principal, and we were trying to work out a way I could have my 18 days off (which with weekends, it's almost an entire month I'll be in the US), and the best way we could come up with was to let me leave a week before school ends for winter break.
I'll leave Korea Christmas afternoon, and arrive in Seattle around noon, still on Christmas Day (God bless Korean Air and their non-stop flights).
Hush, though. As of right now I'm not telling anyone in my family I'll be home. I might have to change that because I'll need a way to get from the ferry to my house, so maybe I'll tell my brother. But, that's something that can be figured out after I buy the ticket, and when it's no longer 100 degrees outside :D
I had an open class on Friday, and I've got another one on Tuesday this week; I'm now in charge of planning a teacher conference for July, and working on my complete lesson plans for three weeks of Summer camp. The last I'm not too upset about because my after school kids are my favorites--they're so smart, and love English and I can make them work from the textbook for weeks on end and they're more than fine with it.
However, summer English camp is going to be much more fun. Every day is going to be a different holiday, which is pretty clever, if I say so myself. It gives me the chance to teach a little history, and work in American customs and cultures, and they're genuinely excited about it. They see the 4th of July in movies, but they have no real idea what we do. They don't know what Martin Luther King day means; they've never heard of Hanukkah.
But more important than all of that...
I'm going to be for Christmas!!!!
I talked to my co-teacher and Vice-Principal, and we were trying to work out a way I could have my 18 days off (which with weekends, it's almost an entire month I'll be in the US), and the best way we could come up with was to let me leave a week before school ends for winter break.
I'll leave Korea Christmas afternoon, and arrive in Seattle around noon, still on Christmas Day (God bless Korean Air and their non-stop flights).
Hush, though. As of right now I'm not telling anyone in my family I'll be home. I might have to change that because I'll need a way to get from the ferry to my house, so maybe I'll tell my brother. But, that's something that can be figured out after I buy the ticket, and when it's no longer 100 degrees outside :D