Rap battles and Korean technology
Not alot happening in the new week. I’m really enjoying teaching and getting to know students, it’s a great way to find out if teaching is your thing, which is something I always wondered. Wednesday afternoon we created a new game with the kids. They are tested weekly on fluency and phonetic pronunciation (eg. P-ig…PIG, B-us…BUS, Sk-un-k…Skunk) and have one minute to read out a page of words the fastest. After a couple I started throwing my hands in the air gangster style to encourage the kids. Sure enough they all started doing it and when I threw in a little beat-boxing they turned into a full-on 8-mile rap-battle-possie. First one started giggling, then another, then a few started cracking up and the next thing I knew the kids just exploded with tears of laughter rolling on the floor. An absolute triumph. Their laughter was so infectious that soon enough I had tears in my eyes as well. Later on they told me that the rap game was pre
tty funny, but even more funny was the fact that just after starting one of the kids noticed that my fly was down and they could see my blue boxers! Classic. My homework for the night was set by the kids - “fix your pants please teacher!”.
I also got a new phone yesterday as a gift from my school. Very sweet. It has internet, tv, movies, music, email, the works (oh and I can call and text too…). Korea is a world leader in IT technology. Citizens can even get their birth certificate, passport, IRD documents etc from the internet, boasting the worlds best online document services. After receiving it I went upstairs to thank Mrs Song and said ‘Chung nun hay?! (“Are you kidding?!”) and she gave me a big smile. Success! Later I was also had to introduce myself to a seminar for new students mothers. All the other teachers (who are native Korean) did so in English, but I did it in Korean which brought out some good laughs. Being a foreigner here has its cultural advantages…
Doc said I can drink this weekend, only one day of antibiotics to go. Watch out Seoul….
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