..having to squat over an old fashioned toilet. aka a hole in the floor. it wasn't a plain ol' hole though; it was like someone took a men's urinal and inlaid it into the floor. it was weird. and the used toilet paper went into a basket next to the hole. very very odd. but hey, when you gotta go, you gotta go, right?
today went pretty well though - surprisingly well for how much information was thrown at us. and the amount of work we have to do to prep for tomorrow. i'm super excited for the curriculum, there's just a lot that i have to know. it's a bit intense. the amount of energy required for this position is crazy. but the material is fun, as long as you don't take yourself too seriously and are more concerned with teaching the kids than you are about making a fool of yourself. sometimes you look/sound silly, but if you get the point across & they learn something, it's totally worth it :)
2 down, 3 to go! tomorrow we mock teach the 'sprout' section of the curriculum, which is equivalent to US grade 2-3. should be interesting. wish me luck!
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3.01.2011
1 down, 4 to go
So the 1st day of training went well. They split us up into 2 groups based on what section of the company we're teaching for - CDI or April English. I'm super excited to teach for April - it's a section of the company for lower proficiency students that is more high-energy and is creatively-based structure than other sections. It's for students K-6, & I'll more than likely be teaching mostly students in grades 2-4. AH the curriculum is so cute. I can't get over it. I'm so excited.
1 day down, 4 to go. We were given subway cards so that we can get used to traveling the subway system in s.Korea. It's a little confusing because I'm not used to any of the names of the stops, but I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually. I found out where I'm living at the end of the week - yay! Just have to get through this week of training and off I go! It's going to be an intense week, for sure, but I think I can handle it. SO SO excited :)
aaaand off to get ready for the day & get some coffee/breakfast. It's really nice having Starbucks/Dunkin Donuts right down the road :)
1 day down, 4 to go. We were given subway cards so that we can get used to traveling the subway system in s.Korea. It's a little confusing because I'm not used to any of the names of the stops, but I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually. I found out where I'm living at the end of the week - yay! Just have to get through this week of training and off I go! It's going to be an intense week, for sure, but I think I can handle it. SO SO excited :)
aaaand off to get ready for the day & get some coffee/breakfast. It's really nice having Starbucks/Dunkin Donuts right down the road :)
2.27.2011
Flight & First Night
So...the flight from Chicago to Seoul was one of the best flights i'd ever been on...and it was 14 hours, mind you. If you have to fly to Korea, fly Asiana Airlines. They were amazing.
The food was delicious. I had plenty of leg room (and I'm not a short person either). The flight was smooth, except for a few pockets of turbulence. I forgot I was on a plane a couple times. It was glorious.
So far today I've met up with a few other teachers here for training. All of us are going to separate schools, which is neat/sad all at the same time. In the little time I've gotten to know them, I quite like them. The ones I've gotten to meet thus far are fun to be around. Lunch was a blast. We went to a little underground place in downtown Seoul (I think it was downtown Seoul? not to quite sure...idk my way around yet lol) For starters, I was the only girl in a group of 4 guys & they were all over 6ft tall. We were like a walking group of giants. Hilarious. Lunch was like a miso soup/meats mixture - one soup was miso & seafood, the other was miso & meat. The lady told us to mix them, so we did, happily :) It was pretty delicious, I must say. We each got a beer as well, which was happily welcomed by us. There's nothing quite like having a beer with new friends in the middle of a foreign city where you don't speak the language :)
ALSO! I found out that because I'm going to be teaching for April English, I'll be working with younger children, which is what I think I secretly wanted to do all along. So for that, I'm super excited :)
for now, that is all...the jet lag has been creeping up on me & I had to stop studying for the night because I fell asleep on my notes. whoops. I'll have to finish going over the material in the morning - tomorrow we have knowledge tests over the material they gave us to study in preparation for training. tomorrow marks the start of training - and so it begins!!
The food was delicious. I had plenty of leg room (and I'm not a short person either). The flight was smooth, except for a few pockets of turbulence. I forgot I was on a plane a couple times. It was glorious.
So far today I've met up with a few other teachers here for training. All of us are going to separate schools, which is neat/sad all at the same time. In the little time I've gotten to know them, I quite like them. The ones I've gotten to meet thus far are fun to be around. Lunch was a blast. We went to a little underground place in downtown Seoul (I think it was downtown Seoul? not to quite sure...idk my way around yet lol) For starters, I was the only girl in a group of 4 guys & they were all over 6ft tall. We were like a walking group of giants. Hilarious. Lunch was like a miso soup/meats mixture - one soup was miso & seafood, the other was miso & meat. The lady told us to mix them, so we did, happily :) It was pretty delicious, I must say. We each got a beer as well, which was happily welcomed by us. There's nothing quite like having a beer with new friends in the middle of a foreign city where you don't speak the language :)
ALSO! I found out that because I'm going to be teaching for April English, I'll be working with younger children, which is what I think I secretly wanted to do all along. So for that, I'm super excited :)
for now, that is all...the jet lag has been creeping up on me & I had to stop studying for the night because I fell asleep on my notes. whoops. I'll have to finish going over the material in the morning - tomorrow we have knowledge tests over the material they gave us to study in preparation for training. tomorrow marks the start of training - and so it begins!!
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