Level Tests - Day 2 And Elisabeth

The second day of level tests was hell.  Well, not really, but it was boring as shit.  Yes mom, I swore.  There is no other way to describe the hours I spent watching my poor students suffer through those tests.  But, now that they are done, I have new classes, new students, and new free time to adjust to.  I was happy that one of my very favorite classes, a group of 9 boys who are all 15 years old, will stay the way it is.  Normally, that would be a problem, but these boys are amazing.  They seem to actually like me too which is a plus.  They are one of the most fun classes I teach.  I still have my problem classes, but I think I may have worked out a way to deal with them.... Maybe.  I don't understand these kids.  I am a cool teacher (at least I think I am), which may in fact be the problem.  I want my kids to like me and like learning in my class.  I may need to except that this may not be possible in a place where they are at school 12 hours a day.

An interesting thing happened to me durning the level tests.  I was sitting in the last test, and falling asleep a bit to be honest.  I started to look around the classroom.  This is a class that I argue with every time I teach them, but I still like them.  Each time I made eye contact with a student, they broke into a big smile  and went back to work.  The feeling I got seeing that really got to me.  It was in that moment that I realized, I really love teaching these kids.  Even when I am down and homesick, wanting nothing more then to stay curled up in bed, and dreading work, the moment I walk into the classroom, my day is brighter.

Which brings me to my next big thought of the week.  I think I want to stay another year.  I really think I do.

Elisabeth

I went to go see the play, Elisabeth, today.  Again the whole thing was in korean.  It was awesome.  I am really glad I saw it.  I watched a little of the german version of it and I understood a bit more.  Then I looked up the synapsis online and now I really do understand what was going on.  I am really starting to fall in love with korean musicals here.  I have about 5 more I am hoping to see.  I don't have much else to sa about this one other then that the actors were hot and had voices that were out of this world.  And the set was absolutely crazy awesome.  Perfect.