Lazy Update-Weekend

Seoul

Herb Garden - Pyeongchang (no pictures)

There are quite peculiar things that I have now accepted. Slippers are worn at school so no need for fancy shoes. Slippers are worn in the bathroom because everything gets wet in the bathroom. My floor is heated in my room through extremely hot water flowing underneath the floor (I think). Many of the classroom doors slide open. The students all bow to the teachers. Free coffee and other things in the office are abused quite regularly. Throwing away things here is such a hassle because everything has its own trash bag (bottles, newspapers, food waste, plastic, etc etc).

Teaching elementary students takes a lot of energy and can be very draining. The students are full of energy and will abuse you if you try to be their friend in class. First, strict teacher. Then perhaps you can be a friend. That is how I am able to control the class (in my experience...it could be different for others). Today is the start of a new class schedule that I will use; including a new seating chart, sticker system, phonics emphasis, word families, and less games. We'll see how it goes.

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