So... Things have been a little... busy, let's just say, and I haven't posted for a while. Sorry!
I've got a lot of stories for you that have been building up for a while... so, unless I get lazy again (no promises), you may just get several posts in a row!
There have been a lot of surprises on my journey here, some pleasant and some not so pleasant, but one of the most unexpected surprises of all is how much I enjoy teaching. That was my great fear of my journey: coming all this way and hating what I am doing. However, thankfully, I think it's very fun! Now, that's not saying that things couldn't be better and it's also not saying that it's a cakewalk.
When I first got here, I was handed a bunch of books, taken (once) to three different locations and told that I was free to do whatever I wanted for the lessons... I expected a little bit more in terms of "orientation" (which, for all intents and purposes, was nonexistent) and hoped to have some guidance from the prior teacher or someone... but that never happened. So, for the first couple of classes I struggled quite a bit in what to do and how to do it... Unfortunately, although I was told there was the ability to utilize powerpoint, I have never seen that materialize either and the first couple of days I used my laptop to show my presentations. Fortunately, there aren't many kids in each of my classes, but still it's difficult to use it for teaching since the kids crowd around, causing some students to be unable to see and since the speakers aren't as loud as I would like them to be. So the first couple of weeks, it wasn't much fun and I felt like I was failing at everything. Korean class, English class, life in general...
So I took a break from Korean class and focused on teaching English. I bought some additional materials (English flashcards, Teacher's guide to the student book I was given, and few other odds and ends) and set out to become a better teacher!
Several stumbling steps later, and I feel pretty confident in the classroom. I adore the kids and the kids... at least tolerate me... LOL.
Seriously though, I taught the kids at one facility how to play "Simon Says" and "Hangman". Now they always want to play! LOL. But they need to learn how to write and spell first... Like I said before, they know "red", "green", "cat", and "dog" when I point to them, but as far as reading is concerned, they may be able to tell me the letters I'm writing on the board and memorize that the word "cat" is above the word "dog", but they haven't quite gotten to the level of actual reading and writing. Which means playing hangman really means, "let's shout out random letters". LOL. So that's what I have been focusing on there. At that place, I am very lucky that I have Korean teachers in the classes that help "keep the peace". Kids that go out of line or continue shouting usually brings a few Korean words from the Korean teacher and they stop. I only have one Korean teacher that stays in the class and helps me teach a bit (like translating the instructions for simon says). She speaks English very well and I'm very glad she is in the class and helps. I am really praying that my Korean co-teacher in EPIK is as awesome as she is. Because I've definitely realized that how capable your co-teacher is and how much they want to/are willing to help you may make or break your teaching...
Anyway, that particular place is my favorite, I'm there 2 days a week, there's an awesome Korean co-teacher there and the kids are great. They even came up with English names for themselves so that I could memorize their names easier... Unfortunately that didn't stick as they didn't memorize their English names either... LOL. "Paul?" "?" "Isn't that your name? (pointing to his nametag)" "?" LOL. They had to have picked out English names by themselves, because I went to call on one girl and her nametag said "Princess". LOL. "Um... Princess? What color is this?" LOL.
On the flipside, the daycare I dread is the one I go to on Thursdays. Because of multiple things: my inexperience at classroom management, the fact that there isn't a Korean teacher to help me, the fact I don't speak Korean and the kids can't understand enough English to understand if I'm teaching them, lecturing them, or even threatening them, plus the fact that it's a tiny room (I would guess 6'x 6'), the kids are arriving right after playing hard (ball games, running games, etc), and finally, the tiny room is right next to the boiler so it is HOT... All of that makes it a pain, and the kids are next to impossible to manage. I keep telling them (in Korean and English) to sit down and now they've started telling me "No" in English... Little brats... Anyway, there a few students in class that are good and really want to please, but unfortunately, the class ends up being mostly me just trying get the others to sit down rather than bang on drums or throw things or... Argh. The problem isn't the students themselves I think, rather it is from the beginning I didn't manage the class well (so they know they can walk all over me) plus anything I tell them, like "if you don't sit down and behave, you won't get a sticker" goes right in one ear and out the other, because I don't know how to say it in Korean. So effectively, I become like the teacher in Peanuts saying "wah-wah, wah-wah"... So threats don't work either... We'll see what happens later on.
I will say in the same place, there's a little girl that I just love. She's the one who's always trying her hardest to learn and is always scolding the boys (who are almost always the instigators of trouble) for ignoring me... She's so sweet. But I felt bad last week... I had given the students some worksheets to color and for some reason thought it would be okay if I just handed out the sheets... Stupid me, why would kids wait to start coloring? Anyway, theses particular sheets said "Red crayon", so the objective was to get the student to color the crayon red... But of course, the students just colored whatever... I tried to fix it by explaining, but was ignored... except by that girl who colored it incorrectly and was just so disappointed. She asked for another sheet, which I gave to her since she seemed to be on the verge of tears for not coloring it right. But she colored it wrong again (there were several objects to color on the sheet), and then was very much inconsolable. I gave her a hug and a sticker and sent her on her way, but she was still upset. Ironically, it reminded me of me when I was young. Desperate for approval and consequently perfection and so utterly devastated when I couldn't do something, or did it wrong... This week she seemed all better, for which I was very relieved. I made sure this week that everyone knew what to do and then gave her a sticker first. :D
Oh yeah, STICKERS. They LOVE stickers. LOL. The daycare that I dread houses one particular boy, who the first day I was there, wouldn't say anything in English except "OH MY GOD!" LOL. "What color is this?" "OMG!" "What does this say?" "OMG!" "What kind of animal is this?" "OMG!" LOL. Anyway, he's very much a problem child and not a fan of trying to learn at all. HOWEVER. He is addicted to stickers. LOL. So, yesterday I gave all the (good) students stickers and sent them on their way. They had completed their worksheets and answered me what color is what so I felt they had earned their sticker. Well, this particular little boy asked me for a sticker, I looked at his worksheet (which was colored in all kinds of colors, but was definitely disregarding everything I had said), and asked him what the word "blue" said, which he didn't have an answer. Another student came up and asked me question, so I answered them, meanwhile, the little boy actually tried to grab the book of stickers from my hand! Argh. I let all of the kids go, but he was insistent that he wanted a sticker. So I asked him what color the board was. No answer. What color is this? No answer. I shook my head, but he still stood there. So I finally decided to ask him a question I knew he would know. "What color is this?" "Red." So I ended up giving him a sticker, but next week he had better be prepared! Or NO sticker!!! Oh no! :D
Well that's enough for this post. Stay tuned for another excellent adventure in Korea!
Friday, January 18, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Subway (sandwiches) = Awesome
I love how most of my posts relate to food. I'm not even a foodie. LOL.
I guess it might have to do with the fact that I'm always eating... I just can't get enough!
Anyway, I decided to splurge on subway tonight (I've been trying to save money and have been eating instant breakfast for breakfast and ramyeon for dinner... Basically I have been skipping lunch since I don't really have time to eat between K-class, transit and E-class.).
Anyway, as most of you have heard, a lot of things are cheaper in Korea than in America... Well, that isn't entirely true. Certain things are and other things are not. Most food is cheaper in Korea, but anything that is imported or looks like it is imported (like McDonald's, Subway, and Starbucks) are always more expensive. For instance: A footlong ham sandwich (sans meal) cost W7,800 which is roughly equivalent to $7.40 USD. So, about $2.40 more expensive than in the US. Pizza (even without a brand name like Pizza Hut), hamburgers, and pastries are also more expensive.
Things that require a lot of land to manufacture like beef and milk are also more expensive. I bought a pint of milk for roughly the same price I would purchase a gallon of milk in the US.
So, while you can obtain just about anything you could want similar to your home country, you also sometimes have to pay a pretty price for it too...
However, if you want to eat cheaply, you can always eat Korean food. Bulgogi, samgyupsal, and kimchi are all good and available pretty much anywhere. I don't eat seafood, but I would imagine that wouldn't be very expensive either... Soju is also pretty cheap here. :D
I guess it might have to do with the fact that I'm always eating... I just can't get enough!
Anyway, I decided to splurge on subway tonight (I've been trying to save money and have been eating instant breakfast for breakfast and ramyeon for dinner... Basically I have been skipping lunch since I don't really have time to eat between K-class, transit and E-class.).
Anyway, as most of you have heard, a lot of things are cheaper in Korea than in America... Well, that isn't entirely true. Certain things are and other things are not. Most food is cheaper in Korea, but anything that is imported or looks like it is imported (like McDonald's, Subway, and Starbucks) are always more expensive. For instance: A footlong ham sandwich (sans meal) cost W7,800 which is roughly equivalent to $7.40 USD. So, about $2.40 more expensive than in the US. Pizza (even without a brand name like Pizza Hut), hamburgers, and pastries are also more expensive.
Things that require a lot of land to manufacture like beef and milk are also more expensive. I bought a pint of milk for roughly the same price I would purchase a gallon of milk in the US.
So, while you can obtain just about anything you could want similar to your home country, you also sometimes have to pay a pretty price for it too...
However, if you want to eat cheaply, you can always eat Korean food. Bulgogi, samgyupsal, and kimchi are all good and available pretty much anywhere. I don't eat seafood, but I would imagine that wouldn't be very expensive either... Soju is also pretty cheap here. :D
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Dorm Life
Ended for me a long time ago... And now that I'm back in it... It's NOT as much fun. Probably because I don't have as cool of friends that I had in college :D... or maybe it's just because I'm older. Anyway, I wanted to let you know what dorm life here is like.
When I talked to Karin, her experience isn't the exact same as mine, so it sounds like not all schools in Korea are as strict as the one I'm at... I was under the impression at first that this is what all schools in Korea would be like... Not fun. And I thought my alma mater was strict... Not so much. But at least I know that not all colleges in Korea are this way.
I live on the first floor (annoying) and as you enter the building, there's one or two security guards (or maybe they're the dormitory managers or something) in a closed room with windows and a couple of big TVs where they monitors the CCTVs. They seem nice, but it's always awkward.
So... if you have guy friends (like I do) you can't go to each other's rooms or even their floors... You also can't have any friends who live off-campus come over... Even if they are girls! Which unfortunately, the one other girl I know lives off-campus...
The other thing is the laundry. I don't remember if I mentioned this earlier when I talked about doing my laundry, but men and women don't share laundry machines. They have two sections of laundry machines, each with four washing machines and two dryers. One side for women and the other for men...
Honestly, I wouldn't have noticed these signs and wouldn't have cared about the fact that there was a partition between the laundry machines, so I'm thankful that a friend pointed this fact out prior to me doing laundry. I don't care a ton about getting demerits, but I also don't want trouble while I'm living here...
Speak of demerits... I'm not sure if I ever went to a school that actually used the demerit system. If one of my schoolmates knows this isn't true, please let me know, but it was never an issue because there were usually warnings prior to anything... and ordinarily it would be a BIG thing that would give you a demerit, like killing someone... Just kidding. But serious things like graffiti or ruining public property, etc...
However, HERE... Seemingly RANDOM things will give you demerits. See below.
Besides the whole boy/girl thing, there's a lot on here that I just don't get. It could be a translation thing, but either way, I think it's a little out of hand... What do they mean by "Private occupying seats of study room"...? Would I get 5 points for sitting there too long? Or by leaving my coat there...? Why would I be more likely to lose my personal items there than the lobby or cafeteria or wherever...? "Violation of the using time of washing machines and dryers"... ??? Do I have a time limit? Can I only do 1 load at a time? Or are they saying I can't leave laundry in there too long... Or what? I didn't see any signs in the laundry room that said I had a limited time to use the machines...? "Putting up notices" also seems weird to give demerits for.
One of the big things I have a problem with is the fact that they don't allow other people into the dorm at all. Deliverymen must stand outside and even bringing people to the gate could get you in trouble apparently. Which means technically I could be in trouble too, since Oppa dropped me at the gate to the dorm. One other thing... you can actually bring SOME people into the dorm... But they must be family and they must register with the dorm and they must wear "visitor" badges. ... ... ... I can't help but think of the process to visit someone in prison... O_O
Another big thing to note here: we have curfew. Can't remember if I had this one in college or not. I don't think so... I think the boys and girls just had to go to their own floors. But we could be out as late as we wanted and never get locked out. NOT THE SAME HERE. Curfew here is midnight or 1am, depending on if its a weeknight, weekend or holiday. If you are out past curfew anytime, you are locked out until the dorm reopens the following morning at 5am. So... not only do you get demerits, you also have to find a place to stay for at least 4-5 hours. One night I got back at 11pm (curfew that night was midnight) and found the basement door locked up with bars... I was starting to panic and ran up the stairs to the first floor when I saw the security guard was still there... My card key worked to let me in and all was well... But I was really worried for a moment.
Side note on the demerit thing. There are bulletins posted in the hallways and elevators in the building. Most of the time they say nothing, but sometimes I notice some of them contain names and room numbers... They put up the names and room numbers of individuals who have received demerits and also those who have been kicked out of the building... I've seen a couple of these so far, one was for letting someone stay in the dorm and the other was for "poor maintenance of the room". Still not sure what that means. Although I'm going to guess that it depends on the person doing the checking. ... I really hope the person who eventually checks my room isn't a neat freak. Because its not like my room is super messy, but it's also not OCD tidy. My bed isn't always made, my books and papers are usually scattered on my desk, I usually have one or two bags on my bed, etc...
I can put a lot more questions marks on here, but I'll let you come up with your own questions. If you can't read the image (I'm sorry, it was laminated and in a bad place for lighting...) see this link, it contains the same list at the bottom of the page.
When I talked to Karin, her experience isn't the exact same as mine, so it sounds like not all schools in Korea are as strict as the one I'm at... I was under the impression at first that this is what all schools in Korea would be like... Not fun. And I thought my alma mater was strict... Not so much. But at least I know that not all colleges in Korea are this way.
I live on the first floor (annoying) and as you enter the building, there's one or two security guards (or maybe they're the dormitory managers or something) in a closed room with windows and a couple of big TVs where they monitors the CCTVs. They seem nice, but it's always awkward.
There are also signs all over that say:
So... if you have guy friends (like I do) you can't go to each other's rooms or even their floors... You also can't have any friends who live off-campus come over... Even if they are girls! Which unfortunately, the one other girl I know lives off-campus...
The other thing is the laundry. I don't remember if I mentioned this earlier when I talked about doing my laundry, but men and women don't share laundry machines. They have two sections of laundry machines, each with four washing machines and two dryers. One side for women and the other for men...
Speak of demerits... I'm not sure if I ever went to a school that actually used the demerit system. If one of my schoolmates knows this isn't true, please let me know, but it was never an issue because there were usually warnings prior to anything... and ordinarily it would be a BIG thing that would give you a demerit, like killing someone... Just kidding. But serious things like graffiti or ruining public property, etc...
However, HERE... Seemingly RANDOM things will give you demerits. See below.
One of the big things I have a problem with is the fact that they don't allow other people into the dorm at all. Deliverymen must stand outside and even bringing people to the gate could get you in trouble apparently. Which means technically I could be in trouble too, since Oppa dropped me at the gate to the dorm. One other thing... you can actually bring SOME people into the dorm... But they must be family and they must register with the dorm and they must wear "visitor" badges. ... ... ... I can't help but think of the process to visit someone in prison... O_O
Another big thing to note here: we have curfew. Can't remember if I had this one in college or not. I don't think so... I think the boys and girls just had to go to their own floors. But we could be out as late as we wanted and never get locked out. NOT THE SAME HERE. Curfew here is midnight or 1am, depending on if its a weeknight, weekend or holiday. If you are out past curfew anytime, you are locked out until the dorm reopens the following morning at 5am. So... not only do you get demerits, you also have to find a place to stay for at least 4-5 hours. One night I got back at 11pm (curfew that night was midnight) and found the basement door locked up with bars... I was starting to panic and ran up the stairs to the first floor when I saw the security guard was still there... My card key worked to let me in and all was well... But I was really worried for a moment.
Side note on the demerit thing. There are bulletins posted in the hallways and elevators in the building. Most of the time they say nothing, but sometimes I notice some of them contain names and room numbers... They put up the names and room numbers of individuals who have received demerits and also those who have been kicked out of the building... I've seen a couple of these so far, one was for letting someone stay in the dorm and the other was for "poor maintenance of the room". Still not sure what that means. Although I'm going to guess that it depends on the person doing the checking. ... I really hope the person who eventually checks my room isn't a neat freak. Because its not like my room is super messy, but it's also not OCD tidy. My bed isn't always made, my books and papers are usually scattered on my desk, I usually have one or two bags on my bed, etc...
I can put a lot more questions marks on here, but I'll let you come up with your own questions. If you can't read the image (I'm sorry, it was laminated and in a bad place for lighting...) see this link, it contains the same list at the bottom of the page.
Saturday, January 5, 2013
No Netflix!
I've discovered one of the harder parts to living in Korea... no cable... LOL. This won't be a problem come late February-March, since I'll have an actual apartment as opposed to a dorm, but I'm realizing that I don't have access to a lot of ... English content. Being immersed in another culture is a great way to stimulate a lot of language learning... but... sometimes you just want to listen to some English for a change...
Prior to my move, I had downloaded a Netflix app onto my new shiny tablet I had recently bought for my move... Upon arriving in Korea, I realized that said app would not work. Specifically it said Netflix isn't available for South Korea yet. I didn't care at that time since I had cable and a lot of other things were happening, so I put that to the back of my mind.
Until today... When I was sitting here, being my studious self... *ahem*... not procrastinating in any way... *cough* um... anyway.... I thought about tomorrow being Sunday, and normally I would be excited to watch "Once Upon A Time" on Sunday evenings... So, I jumped online to see how many episodes I had missed since leaving... Turns out none! Yay! The next new episode is set to air tomorrow in the US. So I decided to take a break... *ahem* and watch the previous episode so I could remember what was going on. I jumped on the network website to watch the show online...
And, much to my dismay, this is what I saw...
I tried the other major online TV watching sites (besides YT)... Even the pay sites... And all were blocked... I didn't bother with YT since half of the links never work or are something else or go elsewhere or only show part of the episode.... etcetera etcetera etcetera...
However, I think I found a solution. I have to buy the season, but it's not super expensive and I get the whole season without too much fuss. And can actually watch from South Korea! Yay for the iTunes store! LOL.
Prior to my move, I had downloaded a Netflix app onto my new shiny tablet I had recently bought for my move... Upon arriving in Korea, I realized that said app would not work. Specifically it said Netflix isn't available for South Korea yet. I didn't care at that time since I had cable and a lot of other things were happening, so I put that to the back of my mind.
Until today... When I was sitting here, being my studious self... *ahem*... not procrastinating in any way... *cough* um... anyway.... I thought about tomorrow being Sunday, and normally I would be excited to watch "Once Upon A Time" on Sunday evenings... So, I jumped online to see how many episodes I had missed since leaving... Turns out none! Yay! The next new episode is set to air tomorrow in the US. So I decided to take a break... *ahem* and watch the previous episode so I could remember what was going on. I jumped on the network website to watch the show online...
And, much to my dismay, this is what I saw...
I tried the other major online TV watching sites (besides YT)... Even the pay sites... And all were blocked... I didn't bother with YT since half of the links never work or are something else or go elsewhere or only show part of the episode.... etcetera etcetera etcetera...
However, I think I found a solution. I have to buy the season, but it's not super expensive and I get the whole season without too much fuss. And can actually watch from South Korea! Yay for the iTunes store! LOL.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Happy New Year everyone!
It was mid-afternoon on January 1st here when most of you celebrated the New Year... The time difference is still weird to me.
In America, we spend Christmas with family and New Year's Day with friends and significant others. It's exactly the reverse in Korea: they spend Christmas with friends and significant others and New Year's with family. So a lot of people weren't in the dorms today. So, the four washing machines we have here weren't seeing much use... Which means... Laundry day for me!
Other than that, I've been busy trying to work out my lesson plans for this week. Yesterday (Monday), I went to one of my facilities and worked with the kids. Because it was New Year's eve, a lot of kids were absent/left early to go home.
Just so you know, my normal week should work like this:
The second week I was here, I went to Facility #2 and #3... I didn't visit Facility #1 because Monday I was moving into the dorm and Wednesday (December 19th) was Election Day, a national holiday, so everyone had it off (except retailers of course).
Then last week, I didn't go on Monday because something else was going on that day. Tuesday was Christmas, and so again everyone had it off. Today (Tuesday, New Year's Day) is another holiday so everyone has it off too. So next Tuesday will be the second time I meet the kids at Facility #2.
So all that is to say that I've only ever seen the kids, at most, twice. The first class of each group was a self-introduction as well as a Christmas lesson using my laptop (although Facility #2 was impromptu since I didn't have my laptop). The second class was more of a "test" to see where the kids were. I couldn't believe it. The 6 and 7 year olds knew SOOOO much. What am I supposed to teach them? LOL.
The kids at Facility #1 and 3 knew lots of animals (they really liked the fact that Montana has bears... LOL), colors, shapes, foods, simple verbs, and basic greetings. I am so surprised. Not really sure where to go from here though now. Although I did try and get the kids to make proper sentences. Usually I ask, "What is this?" and they shout "DOG!!!"... "No... What is this...?" Blank stares... "It's a ... Repeat after me... It's a..." "IT'S A..." "Good. What is this?" "IT'S A DOG!!!" "Yay!" LOL. By the end they were doing that for everything. I think the last teacher they had, was telling them to say "There is..." because sometimes they started saying "THERE CAT!" LOL.
I bought a bunch of books from Kyobo bookstore (HUGE bookstore with lots and lots of people) to get me started, but I'm still at a loss with what to do. LOL. I'm really hopeless, but I am happy that the kids are getting a good English education and are so well taken care of.
Actually, I think I know what I want to do from here... except... I want to make copies for the kids to color and draw and write in English on... Only... I... don't... have... a... copier... argh. Supposedly there's one in the General Lecture Hall here, but I haven't been able to find it, and the only directions are that it's in the building... LOL. Oh well. I can always try and ask the school if they would be willing to make copies for me.
It was mid-afternoon on January 1st here when most of you celebrated the New Year... The time difference is still weird to me.
In America, we spend Christmas with family and New Year's Day with friends and significant others. It's exactly the reverse in Korea: they spend Christmas with friends and significant others and New Year's with family. So a lot of people weren't in the dorms today. So, the four washing machines we have here weren't seeing much use... Which means... Laundry day for me!
Other than that, I've been busy trying to work out my lesson plans for this week. Yesterday (Monday), I went to one of my facilities and worked with the kids. Because it was New Year's eve, a lot of kids were absent/left early to go home.
Just so you know, my normal week should work like this:
- Monday:
- 9am-1pm Korean Class
- TRANSIT... annoying
- 2:30pm-4:00pm Facility #1, 3 classes, 30 min each. 1 class of 7 year olds, and 2 classes of 6 year olds
- Tuesday:
- 9am-1pm Korean Class
- More TRANSIT
- 2:30pm-3:40pm Facility #2, 3 classes, 2x 30 min and 1x 20 min, fairly young... I've only seen them once, so I forget the exact age
- Wednesday:
- 9am-1pm Korean Class
- More TRANSIT
- 2:30pm-4:00pm Facility #1 again, same as before
- Thursday:
- 9am-1pm Korean Class
- AND MORE TRANSIT
- 3pm-4pm Facility #3, 2 classes, 30 min each
- Friday:
- 9am-1pm Korean Class
- FREEDOM!!!!
The second week I was here, I went to Facility #2 and #3... I didn't visit Facility #1 because Monday I was moving into the dorm and Wednesday (December 19th) was Election Day, a national holiday, so everyone had it off (except retailers of course).
Then last week, I didn't go on Monday because something else was going on that day. Tuesday was Christmas, and so again everyone had it off. Today (Tuesday, New Year's Day) is another holiday so everyone has it off too. So next Tuesday will be the second time I meet the kids at Facility #2.
So all that is to say that I've only ever seen the kids, at most, twice. The first class of each group was a self-introduction as well as a Christmas lesson using my laptop (although Facility #2 was impromptu since I didn't have my laptop). The second class was more of a "test" to see where the kids were. I couldn't believe it. The 6 and 7 year olds knew SOOOO much. What am I supposed to teach them? LOL.
The kids at Facility #1 and 3 knew lots of animals (they really liked the fact that Montana has bears... LOL), colors, shapes, foods, simple verbs, and basic greetings. I am so surprised. Not really sure where to go from here though now. Although I did try and get the kids to make proper sentences. Usually I ask, "What is this?" and they shout "DOG!!!"... "No... What is this...?" Blank stares... "It's a ... Repeat after me... It's a..." "IT'S A..." "Good. What is this?" "IT'S A DOG!!!" "Yay!" LOL. By the end they were doing that for everything. I think the last teacher they had, was telling them to say "There is..." because sometimes they started saying "THERE CAT!" LOL.
I bought a bunch of books from Kyobo bookstore (HUGE bookstore with lots and lots of people) to get me started, but I'm still at a loss with what to do. LOL. I'm really hopeless, but I am happy that the kids are getting a good English education and are so well taken care of.
Actually, I think I know what I want to do from here... except... I want to make copies for the kids to color and draw and write in English on... Only... I... don't... have... a... copier... argh. Supposedly there's one in the General Lecture Hall here, but I haven't been able to find it, and the only directions are that it's in the building... LOL. Oh well. I can always try and ask the school if they would be willing to make copies for me.
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