Officially One Week!

07.16.10

I have been in Korea for one week! Today I had no classes to teach, no English classes on Fridays. So, it was another day prepping for the summer camp and saying hello to all the students. It finally started raining, but the humidity was still very high (93%). I had another yummy lunch at school. after classes were let out, there was a gathering of students interested in the summer camp in the auditorium. Apparently, more students were interested than the openings available. So to make it fair every student was given a number and with the numbers 1-15 those students were able to drawn names out of a box for the summer camp enrollment. There were some upset students when their names were not called. I didn't understand the situation until after the whole event. Then I went to the teacher's lounge searched for more ideas for the summer camp. at 3:30pm the teachers played volleyball with an opposing elementary school teachers. I watched some of it and played the scorekeeper for a few games. They wanted me to play, but I remembered the last time I played in middle school with some bruises afterwards. I also spent some time with some of the female teachers and getting to know them. We cut up a small watermelon for a treat for the volleyball players. There are three female teachers that are befriending me and I'm happy to speak with them through broken English and Korean. After the volleyball game I walked home in the rain. It continued to rain into the late evening. I enjoyed my relaxing evening in and surfing the tube for some familiar comfort.