So that was the weekend.
These are some shots I took on the way to the school. Seoul is not what I expected, though I really had no idea about the city anyway. I almost can't wait to see how it looks under snow, and the children all rugged up like little balls of wool, with mittens!
This is the groundkeeper. I arrive at the school at around 0815 so the deputy principal greets us and I guess puts in a good word with the principal since whenever he sees me he comments on how early I am. Anyway, this groundkeeper waters the football pitch every morning. No big deal, except that there is no grass on the pitch at all. just gravel. Weirds me out every morning.
This week is Chusok in Korea, Harvest Festival/Thanksgiving Holidays. Basically, that means I have no classes to teach for one week. Though I did go to the Sports Day today since alot of my students asked me last week if I'd be there to see them. And I did watch them when they were rehearsing the activities.
It's strange how some things happen (me being here for one thing, which I'll write about later). Last week in my 4th grade classes I had the students do a role play. One of the characters in the play has a wig which falls off when he bows so to make it as realistic as possible I had them wear these halo-shaped cardboard rings that they had in stacks by my desk. Today, one of the events between the races was to throw these rings onto poles. The sports day was as much for the parents as it was for the students.
I also saw them working on their portraits since the school term began. These portraits were strung from the main stage (where I was sitting) all the way to the other side of the football pitch where the students were sitting. People always said I had an eye for detail.
One of the events they were practising last week was this weird race. Basically, they have two chairs about one metre apart and the students line up on eitherb side of the chair, going towards the goal posts. Then one student from each team walks on the backs of the other students supported on either side. At the opposite end the walkers switch and the winning team is the one that gets their walker back to the beginning first. Of all the times I watched them last week, it was the blue team that finished the race first (the team on the left). But today the red team (my team since most of my students are on that side) won!
Then there was the fan dance. Looked really good from where I was (first photo is from the rehearsal last week).
Though my favourite event was the relay. This is a photo of one of the girls in my 2nd grade class. She is the one in yellow.
The yellow team won quite comfortably. In the seniors it was a photo finish with orange coming in first (I had no more room on my phone though)
These are some shots I took on the way to the school. Seoul is not what I expected, though I really had no idea about the city anyway. I almost can't wait to see how it looks under snow, and the children all rugged up like little balls of wool, with mittens!
This is the groundkeeper. I arrive at the school at around 0815 so the deputy principal greets us and I guess puts in a good word with the principal since whenever he sees me he comments on how early I am. Anyway, this groundkeeper waters the football pitch every morning. No big deal, except that there is no grass on the pitch at all. just gravel. Weirds me out every morning.
This week is Chusok in Korea, Harvest Festival/Thanksgiving Holidays. Basically, that means I have no classes to teach for one week. Though I did go to the Sports Day today since alot of my students asked me last week if I'd be there to see them. And I did watch them when they were rehearsing the activities.
It's strange how some things happen (me being here for one thing, which I'll write about later). Last week in my 4th grade classes I had the students do a role play. One of the characters in the play has a wig which falls off when he bows so to make it as realistic as possible I had them wear these halo-shaped cardboard rings that they had in stacks by my desk. Today, one of the events between the races was to throw these rings onto poles. The sports day was as much for the parents as it was for the students.
I also saw them working on their portraits since the school term began. These portraits were strung from the main stage (where I was sitting) all the way to the other side of the football pitch where the students were sitting. People always said I had an eye for detail.
One of the events they were practising last week was this weird race. Basically, they have two chairs about one metre apart and the students line up on eitherb side of the chair, going towards the goal posts. Then one student from each team walks on the backs of the other students supported on either side. At the opposite end the walkers switch and the winning team is the one that gets their walker back to the beginning first. Of all the times I watched them last week, it was the blue team that finished the race first (the team on the left). But today the red team (my team since most of my students are on that side) won!
Then there was the fan dance. Looked really good from where I was (first photo is from the rehearsal last week).
Though my favourite event was the relay. This is a photo of one of the girls in my 2nd grade class. She is the one in yellow.
The yellow team won quite comfortably. In the seniors it was a photo finish with orange coming in first (I had no more room on my phone though)
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