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3months in....
Posted by DomHyo
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Monday, July 13, 2009
So 3 months in...Somebody else said this and I like to think of it this way as well. Break the year up into 4 quarters like a game. I've just finished the first quarter and now it's time for the second.
So what has happened since my last post? Well this past week, I finally got sick for the first time over here and I'm still recovering. It was nothing but a sore throat and a cold, but I'm still coughing and dealing with sinuses. I hate sore throats and I use cayenne pepper powder all the time mixed with warm water to gargle and get rid of it quicker. It works although it tastes awful and I hate it everytime I do it. I hate the sore throat more though.
Also right when my sore throat went away, I went to the Noraebang (karaoke room) for the first time here in Korea. The singing room might as well be a pastime for Koreans here. I went with about 10 friends about 2 hours away from me.
We went bowling first for about 2 hours, then headed to the singing room at about 1130 or so. I kid you not we stayed in there singing songs until 5 AM. I only sang about 5 songs even though I'm a little shy when it comes to that stuff, but everybody wanted to hear me sing. I guess because with my laidback personality, they couldn't really picture it. After I was done singing, two people in particular just had all this energy out of nowhere and they were singing their behinds off. I decided to lay down and just watch the rest of the way and be amused.
Afterwards, since the two hour trip back would've been brutal with no rest, some friends let me stay at their place because they had an extra bed. So I rested there for about 4 hours, although it was hard at first because with me still with a slight cold, my sinuses were horrible and I could barely breathe.
After I woke up, I headed back home and just rested for the rest of the weekend, because it felt like I was trying to get the cold back.
Teaching has had its ups and downs lately. Sometimes I get frustrated when some of the kids don't even make an attempt at the lesson I'm trying to teach.
For example, I did a lesson on occupations last week with things such as "I am a pilot and I fly airplanes" or "I am a comedian and I make people laugh" or my favorite, "I am a hobo, and I do nothing".
So afterwards, I would ask the kids to write down what their dream job would be IN ONE SHORT SENTENCE. Some students when called on said they did not have a dream. They didn't do they absurdly easy assignment so I said "Fine, I guess you will be a hobo then..congratulations!"
The other kids would always get a laugh out of that.
I also ripped off a game that I read from another blog called monkeys eat bananas to play with the kids after the dream job. I would have the class divided into teams and present each team with a slide of one of the occupations we just went over. Only this time I would leave the answer blank and the team would have to guess. Once they guess correctly, they would get to roll this makeshift dice that I made out of cardboard. On the six sides, I had 1 banana, 2 bananas, 6 bananas, 1 monkey, 2 monkeys, and 6 monkeys. Bananas are points and monkeys mean you lose points. Each team starts with 3 bananas.
The teams could also chose to roll for another team to try to get them to lose points. It was so funny watching other team trying to knock teams out with more points, only to see them roll 6 bananas and give them even more points.
If any teachers are reading, this is an awesome game to use as a review for 15 or 20 minutes. It gets the kids speaking (because I make them say the whole sentence when they answer) and they have fun. I also rewarded the winning teams with candy.
This is my last week before summer vacation, although starting next week I'll be doing summer camps and then the third week in August, I get a full week off. I wanted to travel somewhere, but I'm choosing to save money for the time being and will travel somewhere warm in the winter.
So that's it for now. I will keep trying to update more. Hello grandma!! :)
Later.
So what has happened since my last post? Well this past week, I finally got sick for the first time over here and I'm still recovering. It was nothing but a sore throat and a cold, but I'm still coughing and dealing with sinuses. I hate sore throats and I use cayenne pepper powder all the time mixed with warm water to gargle and get rid of it quicker. It works although it tastes awful and I hate it everytime I do it. I hate the sore throat more though.
Also right when my sore throat went away, I went to the Noraebang (karaoke room) for the first time here in Korea. The singing room might as well be a pastime for Koreans here. I went with about 10 friends about 2 hours away from me.
We went bowling first for about 2 hours, then headed to the singing room at about 1130 or so. I kid you not we stayed in there singing songs until 5 AM. I only sang about 5 songs even though I'm a little shy when it comes to that stuff, but everybody wanted to hear me sing. I guess because with my laidback personality, they couldn't really picture it. After I was done singing, two people in particular just had all this energy out of nowhere and they were singing their behinds off. I decided to lay down and just watch the rest of the way and be amused.
Afterwards, since the two hour trip back would've been brutal with no rest, some friends let me stay at their place because they had an extra bed. So I rested there for about 4 hours, although it was hard at first because with me still with a slight cold, my sinuses were horrible and I could barely breathe.
After I woke up, I headed back home and just rested for the rest of the weekend, because it felt like I was trying to get the cold back.
Teaching has had its ups and downs lately. Sometimes I get frustrated when some of the kids don't even make an attempt at the lesson I'm trying to teach.
For example, I did a lesson on occupations last week with things such as "I am a pilot and I fly airplanes" or "I am a comedian and I make people laugh" or my favorite, "I am a hobo, and I do nothing".
So afterwards, I would ask the kids to write down what their dream job would be IN ONE SHORT SENTENCE. Some students when called on said they did not have a dream. They didn't do they absurdly easy assignment so I said "Fine, I guess you will be a hobo then..congratulations!"
The other kids would always get a laugh out of that.
I also ripped off a game that I read from another blog called monkeys eat bananas to play with the kids after the dream job. I would have the class divided into teams and present each team with a slide of one of the occupations we just went over. Only this time I would leave the answer blank and the team would have to guess. Once they guess correctly, they would get to roll this makeshift dice that I made out of cardboard. On the six sides, I had 1 banana, 2 bananas, 6 bananas, 1 monkey, 2 monkeys, and 6 monkeys. Bananas are points and monkeys mean you lose points. Each team starts with 3 bananas.
The teams could also chose to roll for another team to try to get them to lose points. It was so funny watching other team trying to knock teams out with more points, only to see them roll 6 bananas and give them even more points.
If any teachers are reading, this is an awesome game to use as a review for 15 or 20 minutes. It gets the kids speaking (because I make them say the whole sentence when they answer) and they have fun. I also rewarded the winning teams with candy.
This is my last week before summer vacation, although starting next week I'll be doing summer camps and then the third week in August, I get a full week off. I wanted to travel somewhere, but I'm choosing to save money for the time being and will travel somewhere warm in the winter.
So that's it for now. I will keep trying to update more. Hello grandma!! :)
Later.
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