Job Description

I am fast closing in on 7 months of being here. Now that I am making a concerted effort to writing a story each day time is flying by or maybe I am just getting older.

Wednesday, yet another typical day of the week. Perhaps, the most busy as it is mid week.

MY job description is still unclear for me and sometimes it frusterates me because I have been here for 7 months. At times it is hard to explain my frusterations as they change from day to day.

Yesterday, my co-worker Carrie came to me and said, Congragulations so I said for what and she said: Congrats to me, I found a new job" While she is nice to me she does nothing but complain. As a result our boss is going to have to find another replacement. I feel bad for him because me and Christina are the only things constant in his business and he is having to find new teachers again. That means less stress for me and Christina though^^
While he is finding a new teacher he will also have to teach more classes. When Carries goes away either in a month or less the entire schedule will need to be revamped. I unfortunately will still have the same amount of classes if not more.

I have at least 2 classes that are needing a new textbook and as a result I am having to think of new material on the spot so to speak. I have limited prep time and unfortunately even if I had more I wouldn't really know what to do with it. I felt bad because the kids dont care if they disrespect me, they dont talk to me, they ignore me and so most of the time I lecture to myself. When I say something that is definitely funny~ they miss it. There is no point of my teaching at times.

My class TD1 I make jokes like the silence is killing me. Or hey do you hear something? Oh thats called Quiet. They never talk. So I have classes who either wont Shut up or who wont speak a word. Talk about OTL...
I can understand something like: Teacher: English I dont know...to hard but at times these kids take the cake. It really bothers me that I spend 8 hours of the day talking to myself.


TO be perfectly honest with you, I dont mind the work. I am going with the flow and rolling with the punches but sometimes I wonder if I am truly doing something wrong in my work or if I am completely misunderstanding the point.


Today I left at 8:30 ....5 minutes after finishing my class. The class mocked me. The imitate me and there isn't anything I can do about it. I want my boss to have a successful Academy but there are way too many problems right now for that to happen.

Lately, I am teaching his classes if he is late. I dont mind the extra work and I want to work harder mainly so I can help Christina.

The Days continue to fly by and the Routine has been set. I do my best to teach the kids but I am still learning new things each day about my job.

I came here to see what a Korean experience/life is like. I know there are some cultural differences and unfortunately I am dealing with many. Sometimes I feel that I am expected to just completely change in order to fit to Korean ways. I am strictly speaking about work. I dont know if I am right or not but I think that as far as my "foreign" embodiment and ideas are concerned I think Cultural exchange has to be understood both ways.


I am continuing to try pursue more ambitions and goals this year. I have a feeling 2008 is going to be a milestone year in my life. Its going to herald a new begining down the road.

I can't help but look back at myself when I first got her and how young and how vibrant I was.

Well its almost yet another day and I will be back to the grindstone in 14 hours. Time really flies.

more later...