So, I landed a few weeks ago, and have been settling into my apartment for the last couple weeks. So far I really like the place, and the location is great in my city. There are 7 UW grads in my town, so we meet quite regularly for dinner and to share our stories from school.
My school is great, especially because its brand new. It was built a year ago, and its a rather small elementary school. I teach 4th, 5th, and 6th graders, which can be a lot of lesson planning, but at least I get to teach something new every day. The kids are great, and most have some desire to learn English, but of course there are some difficult kids too. Makes me wonder what I was like for my 4th-6th grade teachers, I was probably one of those kids.
Last Friday I had two guests arrive. Chrissi and Enna, the girls I lived with while I was in Germany. We've spent a lot of time in Seoul, and have been enjoying catching up with each other (it has been 5 years already...). Tomorrow we are planning on going hiking on the eastern side of Korea, and it should be a lot of fun if the weather cooperates.
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| in the hostel. chrissi is to my right, enna to my left |
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| the north tower in Seoul. |
So that's a good start to this blog thing. I don't know if I'll keep up with it or not, but we'll see. Future posts will have more detail, but I thought I'd recap the first few weeks.
take care.
