Yesterday was my first long day of classes at school. We started at 10am and didn't finish until about 7pm. Every Monday/Wednesday/Thursday will be like this but having only 3 hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays makes up for it. I was trying to think of the best way to describe what I do here. The best analogy that I can come up with is in the movie Billy Madison when Adam Sandler is forced to repeat all grades in two weeks starting at kindergarten. I feel like Billy Madison when he is in kindergarten as there is a lot of running around and making crafts (yesterday we made some killer sunglasses). But no one has eaten any glue yet. The kids all seem to like me here and they all offer to give me things ( a sign of respect here) including their snacks and in some cases money (which i had to think about twice before refusing).
After class was done last night, I went out to dinner with all the teachers from my school, Korean and foreign. There was about twelve of us altogether. We got into the Soju rice liquor again. This time I had a few more shots and I found out why Koreans like it so much (it hits you pretty quickly). I also sampled some strange food items including fried jellyfish and raw stingray. Even some of the Koreans don't eat that stuff, but I thought I should try everything at least once. And yes, I am feeling OK today. I am excited to move into my own apartment. I will be able to do that on Saturday morning. And I just found out that this Monday is a holiday, so no school, hooray!
It looks like I came to Korea at a good time because not only do we get Monday off, but we get the whole first week in August off as a vacation week as well. I will be going to Japan that week since I still need to get my work Visa anyway and my school pays for my airfare and a night in a hotel. But I going to stay for 4 nights altogether so I can check out a lot of sights. We have today off as well since the students have gone camping with the Korean teachers so I am going to walk around downtown Jeonju and attempt to interact with the locals. I will finally take some pictures while walking around so you can see just how Korean Korea is.
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Some pictures would be appreciated. Perhaps of the town, your school and the inside of the restaurants. Bill
haha maybe you should try and bring some of this rice liquor back for others to sample!
i can't believe you're a teacher. teacher trevor. What do they call you? is there a korean word they use? do tell...
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