The week started out a little rough, but got better as the week went on. I can tell that the students have gotten used to having me teach their class because they are starting to misbehave more and not want to listen. Monday was hard because the students weren't listening and I haven't been sleeping well so that could be part of my lack of focus.
Tuesday's classes went so much better than Monday's partly because I changed my lesson plan for second grade. I found a memory game online and used that to help my students remember different feelings.
Wednesday the Principal told me that she wants to have dinner and a discussion with me before I leave. I'm very nervous, I hope that Kyoungwon or Ellen will be coming to the meeting.
Thursday was a weird day for me. The schools didn't start until 10am because of the high school students taking the University entrance exams. I still taught both of my second grade classed, but the first one was only 30min. instead of 40 min. therefore I didn't do all of the activities that I did with all of the other classes.
Friday was 11-11-11, Pepero Day here in Korea! I think it's like Valentine's Day in the USA. I only got one pepero today, but it's because the students were told not to bring it to school. I taught to of my second grade classes for the last time and I was kinda sad. I really enjoyed teaching them and they were all sad that I wasn't going to teach them any more. The teacher called her students 'unlucky' because they don't get to have one more time with me.
Next week is my last week teaching 1st and 3rd grade. I'm sad, but kind of excited to get back to the USA and hopefully get my own classroom. I've been working with the teachers and have really enjoyed getting to know some of the teachers. I hope that I will be able to keep in touch with many of them and someday maybe invite them to my classroom. I am glad that I have formed relationships with my colleagues here in Korea because then I will have more people that I can network with in the future.
The week was not very eventful. On Saturday, Erin and I went to another conference for professional development. It was interesting and it was FREE! Philly went to the conference too and we found out that Koreans don't like it when people say SOUTH Korea and NORTH Korea. They prefer Korea and North Korea, Erin and I found that very interesting. For anyone that comes to Korea in the future I was highly suggest going to a conference. The conferences are all in English and helped me learn new ways to teach English in the classroom. I am not an ESL teacher, but with the help of the conferences I was able to change my teaching to become a better ESL teacher.
I can't believe it, but I have officially started a count down to my last day here and in the school. I only have 9days left to teach at Soongin. I will miss the kids and Philly most of all, but that means that I get to go home soon. I have enjoyed my time here, but I can't wait to see my family again. Francis is coming to visit in 12days and I hope to get to show him all of the wonderful sights in Korea. Sorry it's so short this week. I haven't been doing very much other than working and then going home and working on my portfolio. Also it's getting colder outside, no snow, but it's feeling like late Fall now. Two weeks left!
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