My school took a field trip to Hello Kitty Island. Was it on an island? Technically, everything here on Jeju is "on an island". Was it on it's own island??? No. it was actually pretty far in mainland. The beginning portion of the day was spent going to a career fair for middle schoolers-but I took all the photos at the career fair on my Korean phone..and I haven't figured out how to get those from the phone to the internet....Anyways, the museum was a bit juvenile even for my middle school first graders but I think they enjoyed it more than a day of school (I know I sure did). The other teachers all sat together while I went and had fun (i.e. made a fool of myself). I still don't know the girls well enough to integrate myself into their friend groups but they were all pretty friendly to me. One group of girls even decided to make me pose for pictures with them. I was hoping to buy something at the cafe but everything was so overpriced I couldn't do it. My mom and I went to the Hello Kitty cafe in Sinchon what feels like two lifetimes ago and I know they had better stuff there so I wasn't going to buy ten dollar ice cream. I did end up buying a stamp set at the Hello Kitty Store because, well, I needed it. I have been grading their journals and I want to use English stamps...not easy to find in Seogwipo so instead I went with Hello Kitty stamps.
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Today was my first day teaching at Seogwipo Girls Middle School (from here on out I will abbreviate this to SGMS) and it went great! I have a desk in the teachers office with a computer but I also have a classroom with two computers and projector. I feel so blessed. When I contacted the past ETA at SGMS she definitely under sold how awesome this school is. They have a smartboard! and all 10 seasons of friends! and the whole Harry Potter series! It is magical. The only downside is that the school faces the mountain instead of the sea, but there is a tangerine orchard outside my classroom and a refreshing wind. Today is the first nice day since I got to Jeju though so I haven't gotten to see the ocean yet. However it was very clear around Hallasan so you win some you lose some. The office dynamic is pretty hilarious...I haven't had anyone try to tell me "rules"...I am currently typing this at my school computer and from my vantage point the vice principal is totes sleeping. I'm not positive but I think my homestay has wifi...I have connected automatically to it a couple times but no one has outright said anything to me about it. I have four (yes four!) homestay sibs and boy are they cute. The oldest is named yoon-jin and the second oldest is yun-jin. Needless to say, I am still working on getting their names right. The youngest daughter is named So-min and she is in fifth grade. The youngest, a boy, is named hyun-jin, and he is soooooo cute. Don't worry, I will upload photos soon. In other news, Chusok is coming up (yayyyy family time + days off) and my host family has already hopped on the Chusok train so this should be fun! |
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