It fascinates me that no matter where a person goes, the children are always the same. Some are shy, some are outgoing, they all get sad, they all hate homework, some laugh loud, and some laugh low (and they all have a place in God's choir... that's for the Tilikum people).
I discovered that I am teaching a total of 15 different classes. Today, in several of those classes, I unveiled the patented "Ryan's disappearing coin trick", and I quickly achieved hero status. I really love all my kids.
In one of my reading classes, we laughed through half the class. They told me my sideburns looked like a map of Korea, and then we couldn't read for several minutes, because we were recovering from fits of laughter.
This afternoon, Jean (my boss) approached me and asked if I would like to learn Korean. I replied, "Of course." She told me her husband had a new job and needed to work on his English. He would be willing to trade language lessons with me. I was honored that she had approached me. This appears to be an excellent opportunity. An opportunity for what? Well, I don't know, but an opportunity it is none the less. I plan to take full advantage of it.
The following six girls are in my TOEFL class. Its purpose is to prepare them for an English high school entrance exam. During the class, I interview them individually. I assign them questions each day for homework. For the interview, I randomly select one of those questions. After the interviews, we discuss their answers and how they can improve them.
Anyways, enough talk... lets get to what you really want to see... the pictures...
Annie
Joy
Wendy
Jane
Mickey
Helen
The "sideburn" class. As you can see, the girls didn't want their pictures taken. So the boys took advantage of the situation.
Jazz
Daniel
Picture shy Sally
Daniel and Peter studying for a spelling test.
The classic moped. Used primarily by delivery services. If you order take out, they will drive it to your place... The food comes with a full set of silverware, which they come and pick up at a later time.
These machines are constantly in use by kids and adults. They are a version of the "crane arm" games found in many pizza places and stores in the US.
On the sixth floor of this building you will find the hogwan I teach at.
A view from my desk. Of course I had to pull back the shades and hang my camera out the window to get it (hence the crooked, yet artsy look).
Waiting for the bus.
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