Unraveling the Web

I am caught up in a web of confusion and also intricate paths that have been woven. Each day I just do the very best I can to unravel and figure out the answers.

This story is going to take on many different things. First, my day. It was as good as a Friday could be. I woke up with goop in my eyes and unfortunately may have to wear glasses for a long time. This isn't what I wanted or needed. I had a wonderful Lunch that I cooked part of and the other was brought by Christina. i had fried pork and also some golgi stew. It was deliciouso.

Work:
Ma1: The girl fell out of her chair, the kids didn't listen when I said its time to go...wait. They are barely able to say A is for Apple. or B is for Bird but somehow I have to instruct them. My Korean may be improving. I can easily speak basic commands without a slip of the tongue.
MB2: I will always be in wonder at how to teach kids who can't or won't lift a finger. I go to the kids and I tell them everything. I go through the motions of writing, I try everything. I have even given them praise even though they don't deserve it and nothing makes them try. The E-tae Twins are so in Love with me that they just want to hold my hand every time I see them. They don't care about English or anything. I desperately wanted to change their feeling because they could have been more like Rick but they ended up being more like Jake. This class is the remnants of the old MA1 and unfortunately with few exceptions its just a cow pen. I don't know how to change that.

MC2: Job Review nothing to it.
MC3: My punishment plan is effective starting April 3rd I will not tolerate any more crazy behavior from the kids. They are going to translate a letter to me that I wrote for them: "I'm sorry Nick I am so disrespectful..." I cant wait until my first victim falls to this. I hope its Alexa or some other student who I don't like.

MD2: Alexa was good today. I didn't prepare well. Forgive me I had 6 classes today. I can't wait until this book is over. It will probably be over in April so that means May i will have a new book. Yippee.
MD3: I think my Korean is improving. I can read the vocabularies that I give to the kids. I wish I had more power as a teacher. I am simply the walking talking example of Native English. Most of the kids if not all don't care that I am there.

They laughed and were surprised that I could read Korean so well. I did this in a few classes and got the same reaction. Jake gave me a smile that wow he can read Korean he was actually interested before dozing back of to Jake's personal La La Land.

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So now back to the web of confusion: Christina and I talked about this and Koreans tend to think too deep. As do I ...WE all tend to get caught up in our work too much.

MR. Jeong works 4 jobs he wasn't there today or if he was he didn't bother to say hello. He is interesting guy because when I do email teaching Tuesday and Thursdays he may come out to say simply: " You need to write more sentences ask kids how they are and what they will do this weekend." Instead of just hey how are you Im fine...
1. The kids never write me and 2. They dont understand english well enough to write me complex sentences. Then he walks back into room 207 and closes the door as if to say Please dont talk to me.

Its like its just out of a story book of Fiction. This guy is confronted with all these strange things and he deals with them and manages to escape and find something he likes. Maybe its like a Harry Potter book. Today I could have been the Harry Potter. If my boss saw me in glasses and red eyes he would have said go to the hospital.


Irony is, that this isn't a fairy tale but its real life and the book is my writing.

I am just trying to stay a step or two ahead of my boss. I have 9 weeks left of "serious work" I don't know what kind of projects he wants me to do next but regardless of what they are, it doesnt matter because he doesn't know what is happening in the classes like Vicki, me and Christina do. The three of us are running his Academy and sometimes I wish I was clued in more just so I could actually feel more useful.

I feel like the lazy employee but is this way only because no one will tell me anything.

That's work in a nutshell there is more but that's for later.


So I had a busy day today and it will be even more busy in April.

I got some new glasses today I guess my glasses are a little too big and I think I need a change.

The pants/hand biter was friendly today. He said his first English sentence that meant anything: A big moment get ready: Chair Thank you.

He sat in my chair without asking me first (I was going to class) and afterthought said this. I was dumbfounded. What's the matter with him he should be hitting and screaming by now. Later he got in a fight with Ben and ended up crying.

Speaking of Crying: There is only 3 times that you should cry when you are alive. 1. Born 2. Loved one dies and 3. Parents die. something like this. I have cried 10 times since coming to Korea.


My last class My favorite student she gave me a bow. She always bows her head to me...much deeper than she needs to. She is going to be a smart woman someday. She shows teachers the proper amount of respect. I like her a lot and hope that she enjoys my teaching. I try to be funny. She always says stop but she is always laughing at me.

The boys in Ma1 all like me the best...they say I am the best teacher. The girls are too shy so they say Christina is the best teacher.

tomorrow its my classes...nothing really special right now about them. For the most part I think I am losing students. I lost 15 students in March I think.

More Webs later

I like webs the metaphor of the web:

WE all make a path and leave behind us a web that people can follow. WE are all responsible for what we do on this web and right now I am determined to develop a successful web that is both admirable and remembered.