Christmas Quotes

Just a few quotes from some of the kids that I teach.

"Teacher, Friday is... Happy Birthday Jesus."

"Teacher is... Santa is... Jaguar class coming?"

Student: "Teacher, look I have snowflake."

Teacher: "You have what? Snowplay??"

Student: "NO... Teacher you are not listen carefully!!!"

Haunted House

Halloween at my school was fun.  Groups of teachers were put in charge of making it entertaining for the preschool kids.  One group was put in charge of arts and crafts.  Another was storytelling.  Two other teachers and I put together a haunted house.   The necessary tools were gathered: probably a box full of black plastic garbage bags to cover the walls, some construction paper to cover up the lights, some loud bass notes on the piano, and the will to make as many kids as possible cry.  What followed was the fun that WE got out of Halloween.  Most children refused to even go into the haunted house because of the quick reputation that it adopted with our first initial successes.  My yelling at the children I get to teach everyday, and jumping out and spooking them, coupled with their screams and subsequent sobs was all I needed to make this Halloween special. 

Korean Halloween

Koreans don’t really celebrate Halloween.  Foreign teachers in Korea do.  A few of us got together and had some drinks at home then took a couple of cabs to get to Seoul.  Well traffic got in the way of us being able to hold it in any longer… so we barked at the taxi to get to the side of the road and let us off.  We paid, and he drove away.  We met up with another cab full of our friends taking the same pee break as us.  We enjoyed ourselves that night, waiting to come home until 5:30 AM until the subway and busses started circulating again.  At that time my friend Pikachu and I (I was dressed as a pirate) saw ourselves walking around Seoul looking for a subway station.  Seoul tends to be busy all the time, including this time of morning.   My eye patch, leather knee high boots and frilly shirt attracted enough attention from the morning subway riders.  The last stop for Pikachu and I was McDonalds for breakfast, which is becoming somewhat of a tradition on those loooong nights.