Another Week

It was another full week at work for us, but as all the weeks seem to do, it went by very quickly!  Even though the school year is almost over (the end of February), parents are still enrolling students in the kindergarten classes.  Eric got one new student last week, Tony, and I got two new students this week.  One of my new ones is only two years old (we call him Baby Yoonho).  He is not completely toilet trained, has trouble feeding himself and puts anything and everything in his mouth.  Fortunately, I have a great Korean co-teacher who is able to watch him the entire time to make sure that crayon (and her cell phone) doesn't go in his mouth again!   My other new student, Sally, seems to fit right in with the other girls in the class.  My only challenge now is that I have four kids that are ready to read books, one kid that's almost ready to read books, and four kids that don't know their ABC's and need constant one-on-one help.  So I am definitely learning how to put differentiated instruction into action everyday!  They can be a challenge and a handful at times, but a good one!  We are looking forward to having a fairly relaxing weekend this time.  We got some rain yesterday which finally helped to get ride of the compact ice that had been covering the street we live on for over a week.  We will attempt to see the Christmas display at Seoul Plaza tonight.  Last weekend we went to a mall that happened to be turning on their Christmas lights for the first time with the help of a celebrity (not Psy), so it was quite packed.  We are hoping the Plaza will not be like that tonight but it is Seoul so you never know!  We only have one more week of work and a half day of work on Christmas Eve before we get a week off which we are definitely looking forward to!

Even from another country, as teachers, the news from Connecticut hits close to home for us.  Our prayers go out to the families and all school personnel.  We will hold our students a little bit tighter on Monday, thankful for the opportunity we have to be their teachers, even on those days that seem the longest.