Decorations, teaching and trying to write! Here's what's been going on around me.
1. I love teaching, because it's so easy and the student management is easier than the states. Korean students tend to be brutally honest, so they're blunt. During a CTP (critical thinking project) one of the students said he hoped to marry a rich man. When one of the students asked, what if she's ugly, her response was, 'Ugly ok-- must be rich. He must have money.' I'm not sure if she's wise beyond her years or materialistic.
2. While the elementary students do not shut up, the middle school students rarely talk. If I ask my middle school students a question, here's what I get: They pause, roll their eyes and then give me an answer. They have a hard shell to crack, but I've been told, it's ok.
3. My students are touchy feely, however, it's only acceptable for same sex pairings to be affectionate. So it's common to see two women holding hands or two men and they're not gay. In my classroom, I have two male students who touch each other constantly and it's becoming a distraction, especially when they sit in each other's laps. But I'm sure they're straight, despite their over the top bromance. And their eyeshadow.
4. Finally, I doubt I'll be traveling by subway after midnight again. An older businessman stalked me, stared at me, and sat next to me on the train...without saying anything. It was so creepy! So so creepy!
1. I love teaching, because it's so easy and the student management is easier than the states. Korean students tend to be brutally honest, so they're blunt. During a CTP (critical thinking project) one of the students said he hoped to marry a rich man. When one of the students asked, what if she's ugly, her response was, 'Ugly ok-- must be rich. He must have money.' I'm not sure if she's wise beyond her years or materialistic.
2. While the elementary students do not shut up, the middle school students rarely talk. If I ask my middle school students a question, here's what I get: They pause, roll their eyes and then give me an answer. They have a hard shell to crack, but I've been told, it's ok.
3. My students are touchy feely, however, it's only acceptable for same sex pairings to be affectionate. So it's common to see two women holding hands or two men and they're not gay. In my classroom, I have two male students who touch each other constantly and it's becoming a distraction, especially when they sit in each other's laps. But I'm sure they're straight, despite their over the top bromance. And their eyeshadow.
4. Finally, I doubt I'll be traveling by subway after midnight again. An older businessman stalked me, stared at me, and sat next to me on the train...without saying anything. It was so creepy! So so creepy!
1 comments:
I teach highschool in Australia and it sounds very different where you are. Nice ot meet you. Keep writing.
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