After seeing most of my friends having facebook posts about going hiking with their school and co-teachers, it was finally my turn. Last Wednesday after all of my classes were finished, I went with my co-teachers to Palgong Mountain. We didn't do much of a hike, which I was okay with. Originally we were going to take the cable car up the mountain, but then changed our minds at the last minute and I hadn't worn the right shoes for hiking. I wore the right shoes for riding a cable car...
I teach five 6th grade classes with her and unfortunately they are the first classes of the week, so I'm not usually quite on the height of my game with those classes. She as least makes them easier for me!
She also lived in America for a year, so understand or can at least acknowledge the reason for my frustrations and the things that I miss. Or the things I don't miss...
I'm very spoiled to say the least...
I teach four 6th grade classes and one 5th grade class with Ms. Nam. She is very quiet and very sweet and though she would say that her English is not very good, I appreciate how she continues to try to communicate with me and explain things to me. She has incredible classroom management and her students are always mentally present with good attitudes and I know that is difficult especially with most of her classes being 6th grade classes, and for those of you who are familiar with teaching... they just don't care about much... She also teaches my favorite class, 6-7. They have figured out how to butter me up! They know they are my favorite and they work hard to continue to be my favorite! :)
I teach the most classes with Ms. Lee. I have four 4th grade classes with her and five 5th grade classes with her. The kids are always very excited in her classes. It could be the age level, but they are always wanting to play a game. Unfortunately, I am a mean teacher and come up with other activities that are more useful! It took me a while to figure out some of the classes with Ms. Lee, but now that the school year is almost over, I think I have finally figured out the kids! I have a few classes that respond much better to gaining rewards than having them taken away. Too bad, in just a few weeks of classes, they will be mixed up again, and I will have to resort the rewards system...
The other Ms. Lee is a P.E. teacher her at Woonam, so I don't actually teach with her, but her desk is in our English office, so I spend a lot of time with her. She is very kind and although she doesn't use her English very often, I can always communicate with her and I knew I got her approval a month in when we said, "Marie Teacher....I like you..." That was all I needed ! :)
My last co teacher did not go on the hike with us, but her name is Ms. Young. She is a head teacher and has many years of experience and I teach three 4th grade classes with her. Her students always listen very well, and I seem to think that they are "getting it" most of the time, which is always a welcome feeling!
After doing our hiking we went to a place to eat that was explained to me as an "ajumma hangout". Wasn't that the truth? There were dozens of older women in there slurping their noodles, and by golly did they notice the foreigner walking into their establishment! It was hilarious how many heads turned... The staff there was not very friendly, but there were tons of people and the food came out in minutes, and it tasted really good. Also it was super cheap!
Afterwards, we went to get coffee, and I ended up getting some kiwi juice and cheesecake. Our "coffees" ended up costing us triple what our meal cost us!
I'm glad my school gave us the afternoon off to experience this!
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