1. Had a Christmas snack party with my level one students. I had told them that we’d finish yesterday’s movie that we had started. However, it was more like a junk food feast! Students came to class loaded with bags of cookies, chocolate, candy, chips, milk, juice, pop, and anything they could find that was totally sugary! ㅋㅋㅋ.
2. Taught my level three students some funny Christmas games. The best was my rendition of the game “Fruit Salad”. It was an active game that required good listening skills and fast legs. Upon hearing their toy called, they had to jump up and switch seats with another student who was labelled the same toy.
3. Our game injury count was high… oh my gosh. Thankfully though the injuries were minor and consisted only of kids falling off chairs, slipping on the floor, and bumping into each other. I suffered the worst injury though when I collided head on with my student Steve. I don’t think I broke my finger but it’s definitely sprained.
4. Admit that I’ve got lots of patience for numerous things but I haven’t been patient at all with regards to my contract renewal or the Dankook University position. Finally, I snapped today. My curiosity got the best of me and so I called up the Director at Dankook University.
5. According to Dankook University’s Director, over 50 people have applied for the 3 teaching positions the university is offering. He claimed they will narrow it down to 15 applicants, who will then have to come in for an interview. So from these 15 they’ll then pick the final three. Oh my gosh… talk about tough competition. I still don’t know if I even want this job.
6. Held a mini birthday party for Wild Child, Grace. I showed up at her house with a present and cake. We pretended we were having a birthday party and the Queen was there. We put on fancy hats, lit up the candles, cheered, clanged glasses and sipped the grape juice that Grace had claimed was wine. Turns out it was really wine! Oh my gosh! Needless to say I jumped up and grabbed the glass from her hands! I was totally shocked.
7. I GOT IT… I GOT IT…. I GOT IT…. After supper I checked my email and there in my inbox was a letter from the Dankook University Director. I got an interview! I jumped up and down, ran around my house, screamed and yelled, and am sure I had the biggest smile on my face!
8. One problem… the interview is on Friday but I’m going on an overnight trip with the Asan Education Supervisor and all the Asan foreign teachers. Hmm… this could be a problem.
9. Like always, a simple trip to EMart for a few things never is simple and we always end up buying more than we intended, or needed too for that matter. I had to pick up some prizes and two secret Santa presents for my Wollang Elementary Christmas party.
10. Apparently Christmas is the season of sweets and so we stocked up on sweets, pastries, banana milk, chocolate milk, and more cavity inducing yummies. ㅋㅋㅋ.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Do we need anything else?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Curiousity killed the cat but persistance brought it back.
-- Author Unknown
As the story has it, one day I headed to the opposite side of the globe – the Flipside. I arrived in Korea February 16th, 2005 and thought I’d do a year, then leave. I was wrong. I stayed, launched my first company, Flipside Fitness, and then opened Korea's largest boxing club, Hulk's Boxing (now called Hulk's Club).
After 11.5yrs in Korea, I then picked up one day and returned to Toronto, Canada. But then I left again.
Now I live in the Philippines where I am the CEO and head coach of Empowered Clubhouse, the Philippines' first and only boxing clubhouse exclusively just for women. I also am the founder of the Lil' Sistas Project, CEO and designer of Slay Gear and Baa Baa Black Sheep .Ph.
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CONGRATULATIONS on getting the uni interview! Hope you can work out the time problem.
You probably don't want to know about anymore finger-spraining games, but have you & your students ever played, "Do you like me?" It's along the same lines as the fruit salad you played only a student in the middle goes around the circle and asks, "Do you like me?" to any student. If the student says "yes," the students on either side of him/her have to change seats and the one who asked the question tries to get one of their seats. If the student answers "no," the one who asked has to then ask, "Who do you like?" to which he/she replies, "I like everyone who is wearing a green shirt/wearing glasses/ wearing black pants/ has a brother, etc." Then all the people who meet those characteristics have to get out of their chairs and find a different seat while of course, the person in the middle tries to sit down. The most fun is when the person answers, "I like everyone!"
Okay so that was a very winded comment. Sorry to ramble but this game is so much fun and your fruit bowl reminded me of it. It's a great chance to practice some language structures too.
Anyway, good luck with the interview! Fighting!
Hey Amy, congrats on the uni interview, that certainly is good news.
Beloved, that game sounds like fun, I will have to try it in my class.
-- Jennifer --
Thanks you two for the congrats but I'm not too sure if I even want the position. I am VERY attacted to my students and staff at my current school and so I'm not too sure if I want to walk away from all them and the sweet position I already have.
Thanks for the game idea.. very cute.
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