School Viewing and Dinner

4th star member of the TV series "IRIS"

춘천 jazz festival

Driving to the school in 강릉

The 5th grade teacher and the intern teacher in front of the sushi restaurant we ate at. Both are very good hyungs (older brothers).

Wednesday afternoon I travelled to 강릉 with my fellow teachers to visit an elementary school and see what programs and activities they have planned. I guess it is part of the Korean education system to have schools visit one another in order to facilitate partnerships and innovation with regards to educational activities. In this case, we explored a school library which had various programs set up that included parents coming in to encourage the students to read as well as a self-checkout for the books. After the uneventful school visit, we headed to eat sushi at the beach. For some reason I cannot eat sushi in Korea without having major digestion problems, so I stuck by the tempura options. 3 hours and many bottles of soju later, we went out of the restaurant for a second round at a local 노래방. During this time I witnessed interesting events. For example, one of the school bus drivers basically dancing on the principal, the principal hugging me very tightly for prolonged periods, the first grade teacher singing and dancing to Son Dam Bi’s Saturday Night song, and more. Despite it being a school night, we all stayed out until 11pm with some of the teachers having a 2 hour commute. It was quite an enjoyable evening and I had a very good talk with the 5th grade teacher about future stock and business plans and agreed to help the event coordinator’s son with exploring viable college options in the United States. I forgot to mention that I sang A Whole New World, and it was very interesting to see the teachers who are mothers and some grandmothers treating me like a pop star and pretend fainting when I pointed at them during the song. Quite entertaining J
Well, after school today I am going to my town’s church to host an English learning session for the youth group. In exchange, the pastor is going to prepare dinner for me. We’ll see how it goes.