Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Past few days
Well the first week I was in training with about 450 other people in Suwon, 90% of them came on time (2 weeks before I did), the week after that we went to our respective provinces, mine was Jeollanam-do, which had about.. 45 people. I got to know some people there but never got really close cause they all knew eachother since the beginning and made their cliques. After that ( a few days ago) I came to my school, Met my fellow teachers, and the faculty.
The principal is pretty strict, the vice principal is a fun loving guy, they both seem to be over 50 or 60. Im staying with two other teachers in a residence adjacent to the school (which is really in the boonies) but Ill have my own place in a week or two in the nearest town (30 minutes by bus). 2 days ago I went fishing with the Vice principal, an administator, a senior teacher, and 3 other teachers... stepped on a rock and sliced my foot a little bit but its not bad.. I caught 1 small fish and 2 pretty decent fish (about 2 hands long), after we caught the fish they field cleaned them and washed them in rice liquor, then sliced em up and ate them raw with korean hot paste. (I didnt eat any but I drank with them and ate watermelons and onions w/ hot paste)
Yesterday there was some kind of ceremony that from what I gathered was to protect the school bus? Im not sure of the details but Im guessing it is an offering to the old gods that involved a boiled pigs head and stuffing it full of money, then burning one of the bills and offering up food and liquor, then bowing to the set(the christians didnt bow) after that we cut up the pigs head (which was delicious) and ate everything and got drunk.
My first day of classes was today, the Kids love me and they chase me around endlessly saying "hi hello hi teacher jared hi hello nice to meet you ha ha ha hi jared teacher!"
When I was actually in a class teaching, when I saw the moment where my kids actually started learning and understanding what I was saying is when I really realized why I came here.
The principal is pretty strict, the vice principal is a fun loving guy, they both seem to be over 50 or 60. Im staying with two other teachers in a residence adjacent to the school (which is really in the boonies) but Ill have my own place in a week or two in the nearest town (30 minutes by bus). 2 days ago I went fishing with the Vice principal, an administator, a senior teacher, and 3 other teachers... stepped on a rock and sliced my foot a little bit but its not bad.. I caught 1 small fish and 2 pretty decent fish (about 2 hands long), after we caught the fish they field cleaned them and washed them in rice liquor, then sliced em up and ate them raw with korean hot paste. (I didnt eat any but I drank with them and ate watermelons and onions w/ hot paste)
Yesterday there was some kind of ceremony that from what I gathered was to protect the school bus? Im not sure of the details but Im guessing it is an offering to the old gods that involved a boiled pigs head and stuffing it full of money, then burning one of the bills and offering up food and liquor, then bowing to the set(the christians didnt bow) after that we cut up the pigs head (which was delicious) and ate everything and got drunk.
My first day of classes was today, the Kids love me and they chase me around endlessly saying "hi hello hi teacher jared hi hello nice to meet you ha ha ha hi jared teacher!"
When I was actually in a class teaching, when I saw the moment where my kids actually started learning and understanding what I was saying is when I really realized why I came here.
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