Class room management is another challenge. I'm still trying to decide how far I let the kids go before I punish and how much talking is too much. Some kids are easy to know when to discipline. Once they say something disrespectful or a piece of paper is flung at you from across the room, it's an automatic punishment. But then when you have good kids who just can't seem to stop talking, it's tough to know where to draw the line. I imagine I'll figure it out.
The weekend was a nice break, though. Friday night, I was up until 1 at a pc room playing Starcraft. I ended up not getting to bed until 3 am! I guess it's not too bad since I'm on a weird schedule anyway. Working from 3 to 10 makes my evenings later than most people to begin with.
On Saturday, I went to Suwon with two friends and we got to eat some real hamburgers. It's the first place I've found in Korea that makes some halfway decent burgers, howbeit expensive ones. I also finally got another pair of Converse shoes. hehe
Ah, I forgot to mention that on Thursday, I finally received my Alien Registration Card. That makes me official. I even have a social security number. On Friday, I took my new card to the bank and opened up an account all by myself(aren't you impressed?). After getting that taken care of, and depositing my money, I went to Lotte to get a Lotte point card. It's very important since I shop there all the time. :D
Sunday was a good day, as well. It's always good to be back in church and around "family." I stayed later than normal and my Korean "parents," who are also the pastor and pastor's wife, drove me back into Osan. They came up to my apartment for the first time and we sat together while the pastor prayed over my apartment. It was very nice. I'm grateful to have people that care about me and my spiritual wellbeing while I'm living here.
The week has started out well, so far. I had some good classes and some tougher ones, but I'm still enjoying it and loving the kids. I accidentally answered one student in Korean, though. We aren't supposed to use any Korean in class, though I can write some words on the board for the low level classes. Coming off of the weekend, which is totally Korean, and then hearing Korean being spoken, I said it without thinking. Sometimes I let on that I understand too much, too. I'll respond to something that was in Korean without thinking that it was Korean, I just understood it, that's all. I'm supposed to discourage speaking in Korean in class, though, not respond to it. Oh well. :P
Here are a few pictures from the weekend:
(This is just before the afternoon service. I'll do anything for cute little girls taking my picture. :P)
Sunday was a good day, as well. It's always good to be back in church and around "family." I stayed later than normal and my Korean "parents," who are also the pastor and pastor's wife, drove me back into Osan. They came up to my apartment for the first time and we sat together while the pastor prayed over my apartment. It was very nice. I'm grateful to have people that care about me and my spiritual wellbeing while I'm living here.
The week has started out well, so far. I had some good classes and some tougher ones, but I'm still enjoying it and loving the kids. I accidentally answered one student in Korean, though. We aren't supposed to use any Korean in class, though I can write some words on the board for the low level classes. Coming off of the weekend, which is totally Korean, and then hearing Korean being spoken, I said it without thinking. Sometimes I let on that I understand too much, too. I'll respond to something that was in Korean without thinking that it was Korean, I just understood it, that's all. I'm supposed to discourage speaking in Korean in class, though, not respond to it. Oh well. :P
Here are a few pictures from the weekend:
(This is just before the afternoon service. I'll do anything for cute little girls taking my picture. :P)
