We begun a new school year at the beginning of March. The school year basically goes from March to December. I was on winter break basically from after Christmas until the end of February. However, I taught a "Winter English Camp" for a couple weeks. I also had the amazing opportunity to go back to the States for a couple weeks! It was completely refreshing for me to be there, and to see my family and some friends again! I just wish I had time to see everyone I wanted to. When I came back to Korea, my parents came with me! They got to see my apartment, my school, and many sites in and around Seoul. They even observed me teach a class...on the first day of school for this year, so it was kind of crazy! I think they were impressed with how well I'm doing here. :-)
As I said, the school year began in March. This year I moved offices in the school. I also am teaching the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders in the middle school instead of just 1st and 3rd grade. This means I'm teaching 1500 students, instead of 1000! I see each class every 2 weeks. That's 42 different classes, each with about 35 students. I also have 8 different co-teachers instead of about 5 or 6 which I had before. This is a challenge because each teacher has a different teaching style that I have to adjust to to some degree. However, I'm enjoying the opportunity to get to know all of these wonderful teachers. And, they all have been pretty flexible with me and they follow my teaching style in the classroom pretty well.
I feel like some of you probably think I disappeared off of the face of the earth! I'm still here.~ Of course, if you want to catch up better, email me!
All for now...it's time for bed here!
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