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Goodbye Okgye Elementary Grade 6-2

December 19, 2013 Nina Comments 0 Comment

To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much from students when I decide to leave. I received two lovely posters from my Grade 4 class. ( I will upload photos of it later once I remember where I tucked it away.) But nothing left an impression on me thus far like the letters I received from my Grade 6 Class 2 students. They all wrote me letters, most of them in Korean. I am so thankful that I can read them and enjoy their compliments. I’m even more surprised to know they enjoyed my class and had fun. As a first year teacher with no experience and no help it is such a high praise. I received 14 letters from my class and I plan to translate all of them so I can share with family and friends. For now though I will just share the ones that have some English in them to share with those who follow my blog.

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Inadequate teacher

April 23, 2013 Nina Comments 0 Comment

You are inadequate. It resounds in my head today.

Inadequate. Outta Control. Volume explosion. Silence amiss.

Inadequate.

My third grade elementary class has made me feel inadequate. In every sense of the word. My class arrives 10 minutes late every time we meet. Today I spent the next 15 minutes trying to get them to just pay attention to me and the screen. I sat in silence for a few minutes. I stared them down. I yelled be quiet. Shhhhhhh!

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3 Schools and Nina Teacher

March 25, 2013 Nina Comments 0 Comment

I’m currently teaching at 3 different schools. When I first arrived in Okgye (옥계) I was told that I would be teaching at the middle school 3 days a week and the elementary school 2 days a week. That sounded like a good schedule to me. I’m in the door at 8:30 A.M. and I’m out the door at 4:30 P.M. To me, this was heaven. No weekends, no overtime, no fixing problems, I was able to be free as a bird once the clock struck 4:30 P.M.

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