My body is running on straight adrenaline. Even though I am still completely sleep-deprived, I only slept six hours and couldn’t fall back to sleep when I woke up early this morning. Still...it was nice waking up in this cute little apartment with lots of wonderful messages on facebook from all my friends!
I went to work in the afternoon to observe a couple of the classes that I’ll be teaching. Before coming, I was under the impression that I’d be teaching with another teacher which isn’t actually the case but it’s alright…I got it. It’ll be interesting to see how it goes though because the schooling here is different than anywhere else I’ve ever taught. Apparently my school uses corporal punishment and the teachers basically have no rules. I’m not sure what it will be like to teach in a place like that but I officially start this Thursday so I can let you all know then.
I also thought before coming that a lot more people here would be able to speak English. I’m told that, in other parts of Seoul, there are a lot of English speakers…but not in the neighborhood that I live in. Today I had to go get pictures taken for my ID card and I’m proud to say that I made it to the store, used charades to explain what I needed, and made it back to my school without getting lost! I consider today a Korean success!!
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