Happy Easter

A Happy Easter to everyone!

I have pictures of my visit to the Korean Folk Village that I want to post, but I have yet to save some really great action shots of me playing jump rope with some Koreans that my friend and fellow teacher, Yelena, took. So that entry will be for another time.

I am starting to bond with my kids. They are getting closer to me, and more of them have been hugging me and playing with me. They have also (thankfully) started to get into the rhythm of how I do things and my strictness. They're learning what they can and can't get away with. They are definitely better behaved than when I first got them. Not to say that they behaved badly to begin with! On the contrary, all of my kids are indeed a good bunch of kids. But, for example, more of them say "thank you" and "please" and they stay sitting in their chairs longer than they did in the first place. So it's coming along nicely. And a few of them can even say one long sentence I taught them which is "I don't have to go to the bathroom." I'm so proud of them! I'm starting to see the rewarding side of teaching.

I have a trip to the DMZ coming up in May. "DMZ" stands for Demilitarized Zone. There are tons of tourist groups that go, and since I haven't been able to make a major trip yet this is something I've been looking forward to. For more information go here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Demilitarized_Zone

-AALA