Goodbye El-Lee-Son Teacher!

Tuesday was my last day of work at the school. I have different classes on Monday and Tuesdays, so I had ice cream parties with all my students and got pictures with all my classes. I got really choked up saying goodbye to some of the students and waving goodbye to them as the school bus drove away. I have seen these kids every day for an entire year and care about a lot of them. Although a lot of the times it was stressful, they made a huge impact on my time in Korea.

Gi Ro and me. A great co-teacher and fabulous friend.

Hye Hyun and me. One of my co-teachers throughout the entire year.
Dennis...he always rides his bike from hagwon to hagwon.
Colin and his student Chris walking to the park. Precious.

Rich's favorite student Julie. I can see why she's his favorite....sooo adorable!

I helped teach these little ones the ABCs and now they can tell me about the weather and if things are short, long, tall, or short.

Lucy, Cindy, Laura, and Kelly

When I first arrived we would "flap" our "wings" and "play" the "flute." Now they can tell me the time and all sorts of other things. Ben, Alan, Andy, Ted, Bella, Judy, and Kelly.

This class was CRAZY when I first started teaching. But now they know how to introduce themselves and can actually tell me about their weekends instead of just hitting each other. Jace, Eric, Robin, Lucy, and Jenifer. I wonder which one is the sweetest in that class....

Chris, Ricky "mouse," Kelly, Amy, and Jessie.

I absolutely adore this class. They are a much higher level and are very bright, so we had great classes with a lot of conversation. We could joke and laugh together, and they would still do all their work. I'm going to miss them so SO much. Angella, Lina, Rocky, Chris, Kara, Mitchell, and Iris.

This is Rich's Phonics class, but they are just too cute to not get a photo with. 'Nuff said.

The boys on the right could be a handful, but this class was still fun. They were always drawing guns and North Korean soldiers being killed by South Korean soldiers. Alice and I would just give each other looks like "Ohh boys!" Also, I love Simon's Tae Kwon Do outfit! Simon, Dennis, Alice, Andy, and Max.

The kids waiting to be taken home from Academy.

Waiting for the bus. She's just cute :)

Ben going home after Academy.."Good bye El-Lee -Son Teacher! See you next time!"

Ohhh Mark...he looks so sweet and innocent here. I loved seeing him concentrating so hard on his work yesterday.

But the girls concentrate all the time.

They were all so sweet and smart and really grew a lot throughout the year. Mark, Lucy, Minnie, Sherry, Angella, Rebecca, Alice, and Bonita.

All these girls are my superstars. They're smart, funny, kind, and do all their work. I had fun in every single class with them. If I was ever having a bad day, I would just look forward to their class, and they made it my day better. I was really heart broken watching their school bus ride away. Cherry, Lucy-S, Monica, Gina, Lucy-L, Jenny, and Lena.

It's been a great year teaching all of these kiddies and I'm going to miss them a lot. I've learned a lot and it's amazing experience.