I’ve been taking over for Kevin these past two days, teaching my own classes. It took little or no time at all for the students to warm up to me, now when they see me they scream and yell my name – Bri Teacher, Brianna Teacher. Some of them come run with and jump, climb or just me a hug. This one little boy, June, in my Pluto class loves it when I pick him up and making animal noises for him to guess what animal I am supposed to be. Just always puts a big smile on my face, but today he decided to climb onto my shoulders, which I think is cute and fun, but I get really nervous that I will drop him! That would suck!! Lol
Kevin didn't give me any instruction on how to what to do with each of this classes, so I usually just play with the students for the first ten minutes then get them to settle down so they can actually learn something. I feel like I have pretty good command over the classes I teach. I find it effective to bribe them with stamps or say “zip!”, the students will take their hand and act as if they are zipping their mouths. I say “lock”, and they pretend to lock their mouths shut, then I take their keys. They have fun with this and it gets the classroom quite!! Pluto class is my favorite because I spend the most time with them and they are pretty smart so it is easy for me to teach them. The kids across the street at Brown English Language School (LCI isn’t officially open until March 1st so we are in a weird transitional period that required us to run from building to building between classes) are a completely different story! They barely understand what I say and some of the girls even glare and make fun of me – not in a nice way. It is interesting to be a teacher and having your own array of students that I noticed in my classes at a student. I have the sweet kids, class clowns, smart student, slower students, problem children, name it.. I have one in my classes! It is getting very close to graduation so I have been really easy with my youngest classes at Brown, letting them play games, watch educational DVD’s and listen to me read them simple stories. Today I read If You Give A Mouse A Cookie – one of my favorites growing up ☺
After class today we went out to celebrate Ta-Leah’s 10-month anniversary of being in South Korea. Any excuse for all of us to get together and go out to dinner, I guess. We took the bus and then a subway to Suwon for some Indian food that everyone has been raving about. Unfortunately they were closed because they are leaving for India tomorrow- imagine that! Haha We decided to walk around Suwon for a bit until we could agree on a place to eat, this become quite the task when you’re in a group of 9 people with different allergies and food preferences! We ended up at a Korean BBQ restaurant and the food was phenomenal! A bit spicy, but I am beginning to get used to that! We ordered some type of chicken stew that had noodles, onions, rice paddies, sweet potatoes, spinach and an array of other vegetables in it. We are all very satisfied!
Once we were stuffed with all of the food we could stomach. We walked around Suwon to shop a bit. I didn't end up buying anything but I enjoyed the experience. Being in Suwon really felt like being in Korea. The bright lights, huge signs with Korean symbols, side streets filled with little shops and chatter in a language that fascinates me… Before I left the US, my friend Brittany (my BFF from Roma) asked me if I would be wearing kimonos in Korea, and I have to mention that Koreans (or many Asians) are some of the best dressed people I have ever seen. They wear bold, funky clothes, each with their own unique spin on today’s fashion – from classic to outrageous! Clearly years ahead of the US. I am looking forward to adopting some this saucy style and coming home with suitcases of fabulous shoes, dresses and bags!
We took the bus home from Suwon; I was taking mental notes of the bus numbers and bus stops for future references. I had a fun day today, but now I am exhausted. Night-night
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