Finally settling in here in Korea. I am really loving it! There are so many interesting things to see and try and do. But I can show you all that through the pictures. My first week has been pretty easy at work. I have been observing the other foreign teachers while they teach so I can get a feel for the way they teach. Monday and tuesday went great, wednesday I actually got to teach a some classes. The students are really cute, most of them. They ask silly questions and get really nervous and laugh when I answer them. Thursday and friday were supposed to be observation and teaching of two of the teachers classes, until something crazy happened on Friday.Friday morning everyone from work met for a trip to a traditional Korean lunch out in the countryside just outside Daegu. The food was amazing and it was really fun to get out of the office with everyone and get a chance to talk. After lunch, we all returned to work and us foreign folk went to burn an hour and a half before we had to be at work. I went home and did some laundry. When I got back to work I started to prep for the two classes I was teaching.
About twenty minutes before classes began, I was notified that instead of teaching those two classes, I would be following one of our other teachers the whole day and then, starting monday, I would be taking over there classes. I was supposed to have at least one more week of training before I was assigned my own classes. So, I get to start teaching a bit earlier than I thought. Apparently this other teacher is no longer working with the school.Today I am heading to the E Mart to get some last supplies for my apartment and to explore the city a bit more. I will have to take a taxi back to my apartment but for two dollars, it is totally worth it. I will take lots more pictures, but here are some new ones for now.
