I Have the Best Students! Wherever I go ;-)

It is an ideal classroom, when all students are busy looking up information, taking notes and are pleasant to be around.

I'm sitting in my AP US Government Class, and let me tell you, they are a fun group and quite studious.  They are all busy and on task looking up and comparing quickly governments of various countries around the world with US and ROK.  They are a neat group, and I feel I'm bonding with most of the students here, both students in my classes and in the school in general. 

A little bit ago, I handed out an invitation to the AP class for Friday supper at my place for the next Friday.  Wow!  They were so excited and "REALLY?"  "AHHHH!!!"  and such big smiles.  I think they were pretty suprised and excited they are the first to be invited over.  I'm actually going to be inviting all the students over for dinner throughout the semester, they just get to be first. 

Now ... what am I going to make? HA!  I don't have an oven, but their are those that do and said I could use their ovens if needed, and English Village has a kitchen with ovens as well.  I will do a lot of prep work over the Chuseok Holiday, so that I can put it all together quickly on Friday.

Any suggestions???

A Month!

Ok, I know, it has been a couple weeks since I posted last, and what to you know, I've been here a month now!  WOW!  It is hard to believe it has already been a month, yet at the same time, has it only been a month?

So many things have happened since last I posted.

1.  I talked in front of Church two Sabbaths ago in front of an International church ... Eeek!  Ah well, I won't go into that much, but it went fine, and one of my students translated for me.  Just found out, I'm talking again this week, but will not need a translator

2.  I've now been to more places using the trains and subways, then what is on the subway/train line that just goes through our town to Seoul.  Ok, only once, but it was to Times Square, which is pretty interesting.  I didn't get to do a lot of exploring there when we went, so I want to go again, and see more of what there is.

3.  Am at the halfway point to Mid-terms ... Yikes, it's going by fast.

4.  I am taking a Korean Language class.  We have now had lessons on the alphabet ... I have the vowels or ... oh wait, I don't know how to get my computer keys to type Korean letters yet ... anyway we just learned the consonants last night.  I have some homework I need to finish before Thursday's class.  I'm really excited, because I am now starting to hear the differences in the vowels when I hear people speaking in Korean.  So Exciting!  And I recognize the letters ... I'll soon be reading it, once I get the consonants down.  Now understanding the different words is another story, but this is a start.  :-)

Some pictures, mostly from a trip into Seoul:

Studying in the Library

More studying, with more room for students.

A rather interesting and artsy stairway ...

Another shot as we went through...

Walking to Times Square

Times Square in the distance

We have arrived ...

We didn't get to explore much ...

but what we did see was interesting

looking down three floors up

as we left, there was a band playing music on this stage

another section ... this place is huge

mmmmm .... lunch ;-)

From the ground floor

an interesting art piece outside Times Square

I am still trying to decide what it is saying

Outside Times Square

Walking back to the station

 

Sitting on the subway, heading home.