Peace and Beauty
Yesterday I went and explored Unamji, a well-known park near my
apartment. The park has a beautiful pond where families come on the weekends.
It also has a mountain which is very well-known. If I want a taxi home, I tell
them Unamji, that’s how close it is and known. Which, I can take a taxi home
now by myself! This seems small, but it is huge, and gives me more
independence.
Everything was peaceful and beautiful despite an old lady
who continued to stare at me after she walked past me and the nasty biting
mosquitoes. Although Chilgok does not have the wonderful chain of lakes I miss,
it does have beautiful mountains. Although there are others hiking as well, I
felt so peaceful while hiking and sitting at the top of Unamji. It’s amazing
how I felt completely away from the busy city.
I also completed my first week of teaching this past week.
It had its ups and downs. I absolutely adore my kindergarteners. Although they
can be very chatty, I love them. Korean children are beautiful. In addition to
my kindergarteners, I have 7 classes and a one-on-one. I teach a different
course to each class. I am working on overcoming the challenge of learning the
course of what I am teaching to each class, and learning about each child. Some
classes have extreme energy, especially the 10-year-olds, and others are
completely silent and do not participate, usually the 13-year-olds who just
don’t care. I am also strategizing ways to make the classes exciting and bring
more games into them. It has only been a week, so I know I have time to grow. I
have been observed twice by two different supervisors, and have done well with
both observations.
I have a huge gain with having so much experience with
children and teaching. Many teachers come to Korea
with no background experience at all, but will succeed. Our academy, as many
others in Korea ,
enjoys bragging about teachers that have experience. We write an autobiography
that is hung up on a wall where parents can read it. I can now understand why they
were excited to have me come and teach at their school.
Although I should have more to write, this is it for now. I
am still gaining my ground and learning Daegu.
3 Comments:
Glad everything is going well with teaching. I'm jealous of all the exciting adventures you've had in such a short time.
I'm glad you got some peace and quiet. Good luck with teaching, it will come easier and I'm sure you'll find some great games to make it exciting! Have fun! :)
I love your posts and hearing about your journey. Keep them coming, even if they're short, it is exciting for us!! Miss you Casey!!
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