Today is my first day off after a thirteen day work period. I normally just work Saturdays, teaching for the Saturday program, but we had an overnight last weekend which meant that I had to work on Sunday as well. By day seven, I began to loose my voice and the remaining week of teaching was somewhat challenging. I felt like Ariel in The Little Mermaid when her voice was taken by the sea witch...only the sea witch was ICEV and rather than receiving a new pair of legs, I received overtime pay...which will go towards the purchase of lots and lots of wine (as it always does).
Although working thirteen days straight is not super fun, I enjoyed the overnight. I went on my first field trip (as a teacher, not as a human)! We went to a little amusement park called Aiins World, where they have models of famous landmarks from around the world. I chaperoned my grammar class, which is comprised of a very lovely group of little Koreans. After the field trip, we went back to ICEV, where we had some activities and held class. However, the kids were a little too pumped up to have a full lesson, so we took a quiz, quickly discussed adjectives and then proceeded to the gym, where they played dodge ball. Watching a bunch of children hurl balls at one another makes for more fun than a 80 minute grammar lesson.
ANYWHO, here are some pictures from the overnight. These are the same kids that I have been teaching every Saturday for the past 8 weeks. I have them for three more weeks. While I am excited that I will not have to work the next weekend program, it has been nice having the same students consistently (versus the main program, where it's a new group every week). Still, as much as I like these kids, I WANT MY WEEKENDS BACK! BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also, I apologize for referencing such a lame song in the title of this blog. It's all I've got right now.
