Market Day and Speech Contest

So a lot has happened since the last time I wrote on here. As much as I loved Prague, I ended up moving back home for reasons beyond my control, tried moving to Florida for a bit, and somehow ended up in South Korea. It's been fun, interesting, hilarious, and strange learning about this country, but I'm really happy with my decision and can't wait to learn more!


It's been different teaching children. Some days it's so much fun and they make my heart melt and other days it makes me not want to ever have children of my own. But the good outweighs the bad. I work in an Academy so all the children go to public school during the day, then to the Academy to perfect their English in the evening.



On Friday my academy had a Market Day and Speech Contest. The kids have been preparing their speeches, songs, or skits for a couple of weeks. They all melted my heart and I felt so proud! After their presentations they all received fake money (the amount depended upon how well they've been doing in class) to buy little gifts and snacks at a shop we had set up. It was fun being able to joke around with them, give some of them discounts because they're good students, and not be in a classroom setting with them. I got more bows and respect yesterday than I do when I'm actually teaching!



Jeong Ah serving dok bokki to the students



Look at all the cuties!

Hye Hyun making eggs for kim bap

All the girls making kim bap. It was delicious!

Speech: My Family

They were not too thrilled about having to speak

One of my favorite classes about to sing "I Will" by The Beatles. They made me teary-eyed!


I wrote a simple version of "Cinderella" for them to perform. It was hilarious!!