With a bowl of Mac and Cheese

writing this post, that is.

I kinda forgot that fall is rainy season in Korea. :) Lots of rain these days. And still lots of heat so it gets really muggy. All the doors and windows were fogged up in the school today.

I've decided I don't really care for the first week of school. We don't really get anything done and schedules change on an hourly basis so you never know who is going to show up in your class. It's a zoo. I can actually start TEACHING next week. But today the kids helped me put up some decorations and we created a large paper Word Tree on the wall. We also did Cool, Exciting, Fun-to-Say Word collages. But just so you get an idea of the culture of some of these Korean kids (not ALL), there were a few who were upset that we weren't "doing anything" today (other than having fun with art). And a few who could not accept that you can do artistic things in WRITING class - whoa. And another kid who asked if I would take points off if he didn't do his part of the poster well. Whoa, calm down, kids. :) Of course, when we get to doing the "real work," as they call it, they'll still buck and complain. Ahh, such is life.

The ceiling in one corner of my room is leaking brown liquid. It doesn't smell yet, but I hope they can fix it soon! I also only have a trickle of hot water for 1 minutes of every 4 minutes in the shower. So I WOULD be taking shorter showers, which would be good, but I'm standing there and waiting for the hot water. Just being stubborn. :)

I found a puzzle of the world map. It's fun and hard.

I went to a Korean class at a downtown church last night for the first time. My friend Stephanie goes but I never had the energy last year. Apparently last night most of the teachers were away so it was a little chaotic and random. The Korean leader also did a salvation lesson or something - read through a handout on the 4 Spiritual Laws. It was so weird and then he called on people to identify the state of their "heart" - out LOUD. AWKWARD! It was like he was trying to bring people to Christ but was just reading the outline and then forcing people to repeat the "prayer" after him. Steph said he was just stalling, hoping for some more teachers and that that doesn't usually happen. Very strange. The teacher I had went a little too fast and I couldn't write everything down which is the only way I can remember things. But I have stuff to study - let's see if I will actually do it!

I've decided to name this new Mac Dorothy. Wallace got sold this summer. He actually had a gender change and became Phyllis, I think. :P TMI? haha

My 7th graders still seem like the 6th graders I taught last year. I guess I forgot how far the old 7th graders had come by the end of the year.

I don't think like teaching 3 classes each day very much. The only thing that's better than the 5 and 1 schedule last year is the fact that I don't have a day where I am worn out from teaching all day. But the random blocks here and there that I have free don't do much for me toward planning. I have a feeling I'll be at school later and more often this year!