This week I finally got to step into a classroom as a teacher. My first ever real English class was an 8th grade high level class. The butterflies in the my stomach were pretty decently fluttering. So I talked a bit too fast and didn't fully explain my lesson and by the end I felt like the 45 min period hadn't been used very well or efficiently. Kinda lame feeling. 2nd class ever: 9th grade high level kids. So much better! I was able to slow down a lot more and took my time explaining each point and word and asking questions from students to make sure they were getting it. So so much better.
Now at the end of the week I feel like quieter classes pretty universally feel like a fail because you have no idea really if anyone got the lesson or if you just dragged them through it. The louder classes that are loud about relevant things make you feel like a king. I come out of those classes feeling a rush of excitement. "Ah. I just taught something! " ^_^
This week I went to a cafe after work and had my favorite Ice Choco. Cafes here are so expensive, but even so the experience is kinda worth it. There's the quiet relaxed time and nice atmosphere. Another day all the teachers went out for dinner together and that was an interesting experience haha. It was a normal Korean restaurant where you sit on the floor, and the principal and vice principal happened to sit right behind me. In face the principal and I were back to back and he kept leaning on my back and saying, "Megan teacher, can you drink with me?" *toast* "Coffey Teacher, do you know WonderGirls?" haha I laughed. At one point, he was trying to explain some story and it sounded like he was saying that one of the WonderGirls was his girlfriend and she came to visit him in Seoul. I was very confused. But it was so hilarious the way he explained it that I laughed so hard I cried.
The other highlight of my week was that I started and finished watching the KDrama "Secret Garden." And I went to the Daegu International Body Painting Festival. Check it:
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| Middle phases of painting |
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| This is fantasy face paint as opposed to body painting. |
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| Sooo cool, I though the way this pic blended was great |
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| The only face paint with painted legs too :) |
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