After about 5 hours of roaming around, having a meal and shopping (oh, and being interviewed for 50,000 won!), we met up with Julia and her boyfriend Andy at Seoul Tower. I believe it's the highest point in Seoul and the sight from the windows was just beautiful. It made me feel really small and the view showed just how large Seoul actually is. Crazy! We had fun, dancing in the light show and exchanging random stories, then we went to Insadong to get a meal which was an adventure in itself. For now I'll just tell you that it involves a live octopus and no shoes.
I have a mega-ton of photos to upload from that lovely adventure, so stay tuned. I'll post them in the next update.
For now, I want to show off some of my wonderful 4th graders. Fourth graders are my favorite grade to teach for several reasons. First of all, they are still at that stage where they want to please me and make me happy and they love learning English. Secondly, they don't have that pre-angst/ownriness that some of the 5th and 6th graders do. Thirdly, they are cute as can be and their English skills are quite good.
Anyway, Friday was my last day teaching this years 4th graders since they are going on winter vacation beginning this Wednesday. Because it was such a lax day, I brought my camera and took plenty of pictures while they worked on Holiday cards. Here are a few of my favorite pictures!
This is "Jenny" (the girl from the last post who gave me a pen)
Jenny again
(I love all three of these students to death...they're great!)
This little boy seldom has his book and doesn't talk much, but boy is he a cutie!
She's so sweet! She made me the following picture after a fight erupted in class:
I fell in love with this kiddo the minute I met him. He plays violin, does Taekwondo and loves to talk to me. :) His English is very good, too. He helps me translate Korean words and when the computer isn't working he's the first to help me out!
There he is again
And there he is, normal! :)
This is "Lisa." She lives near me and always shouts hello. She's outspoken and knows the strangest English words (such as lesbian).
She's covering her mouth because she's wearing a mask (she was sick)
A group of boys in the hallway!
This kid is so adorable...but alas, he never pays attention! :)
She is very quiet and shy, but incredibly skilled when it comes to English!
I just love this picture! :D
That's all! :) There are enough peace signs in this post to put an end to world violence, me thinks!
Stay tuned!
3 sprinkles:
Hello neighbor! Nice site.
you may have mentioned this before and I didn't notice, but what's your camera setup?
I usually play with the shutter speed and lose the flash. I love natural light and work with it in a way that my subjects are illuminated as beautifully as possible and then snap away. :)
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