Saturday's Rest Day

As has been the case in most of my stint here in Korea I had work today. I worked from 9 am until 1. I taught my usual 4 classes and Christina taught 4 as well. I had 3 tests though it was nice. I didn't have to do so much this Saturday. Saturday is a rest day in my mind. The kids aren't interested during the week and motivating them on the weekend is even more treacherous.
TC classes both were tests and relatively harmless. TD1 I ended up ranting to my students about the importance of listening and taking notes. They didn't do well on my test. One girl got a 4 out of 50. She didn't even try. If you don't understand you still need to ask questions please explain this to me but they all prefer the silent treatment and just getting poor grades. I don't know how I can honestly help them because I have given them all the tools I can. Email, office time, no homework, more homework, i feel bad for them. I wish I could be more of a service to them but other than my two silent rock stars that class has major Boungeeda issues.

Truthfully I do care about Teaching and Education because I think its important for our future as a whole but I feel despair at times because I don't see the joy of it here. The kids squabble and don't care and the system is just clockwork and rhythmic.


I spend a good portion of today hanging out and resting with Christina. We had a good meal and drank some tea and had a quiet relaxing day. I needed a day of rest after such a flurry of a week.

I went downtown for a little bit and had some pizza for dinner. I met some guys from the Military base in Waegwan and just talked about Korea it was a very enlightening conversation. I can't wait to have conversations with my girlfriend and other people like my friends back home. In my mind it will be paradise.

PARADISE? I think we should go sometime soon?

I sure hope to find a viable solution to Korea because I care so much