I start the last day of my first real week at work in about two hours. This week has been completely nuts. I feel like I haven't sat still for more then five minutes all week and my brain has never turned off. I am very ready for the weekend. After grading probably sixty essays in two days, dealing with wonderful and horrible students, and trying to figure out a computer system that is writing mainly in hangul, I am ready for a rest.
I really like most of my students. A lot of them are excited to learn, or at least are excited to learn if it involves chances to talk. Most of them did pretty good on their essays and some of their responses were completely priceless. The topic was "what do you think someone moving to your city would like or dislike?" One of my favorite responses was "there are many mountains here for climbing. And many hospitals for after climbing." Another great one gave amazing insight into the brain of a 14-year-old boy, "Daegu has the most pretty girls. I love daegu!"
I am finally feeling comfortable taking cabs. The next big step will be the bus and the subway. This weekend I am going to attempt to make it out to Daegu National Museum and maybe Yakjeon-golmok Market as well. I also am making another trip to E Mart to get some serious shopping done.
