Last week of camp!
1/12/2006 Thursday; This is the last group for winter camp. Kind of sad as during these past few weeks I have been able to help a few students at a time and really help them in the way I want to. I got to really know the students by their name (usually an English nickname!) but I got to know about them personally. I am going to miss that when we start classes again and there are 40 students in a class and I just have to say "Hey You SIT DOWN NOW!"
So, I will enjoy the last week. This class only has 9 kids and so it is a lot of fun and challenging. They study hard and finish many many things. We might even get to talk about New Year!!!
As for the TESOL class, only 2 more weeks left and I am so happy. I will be free and can finally do what I want to do. No more tests or studying. No more going to Busan and spending most of my weekend in that class with those ungrateful people. But I will not waste my time talking about that!
Last week I had an interesting happening. I came home one day and 4 kids rang my doorbell. I figured I could open it and find out what they wanted. They stayed for a while and wouldn’t leave. They were so rude I wanted to scream. And the ironic thing is that they brought some fruit (which they ate almost all of it) so I know that their parents sent them to play with the foreigner.
That wasn’t bad. The next day they rang my doorbell again. Remembering how hard it was to get rid of them I didn’t answer the door. They watched for me and then came 10 minutes after I came home. They stayed at my door for 10 minutes ringing the bell, banging on my door, calling my name until they finally left. Only to show up 10 minutes later and repeat the process.
This happened for 2 days, I just ignored them. Now they are gone. But the thing that bothers me the most is that the parents have to be telling the children to come. The children bring fruit to my house. That is a sign that they are sent, why would children bring fruit on their own?? And they are 7-10 years old. Why would someone my age want to be playing with children that I have no connection with or do not know in any other way.
I can understand the parents thinking that it is a good opportunity for their children but this kind of attitude leaves no respect for me as a person, as an individual. It is aggravating.
ok, enough about that. Focus on the good and forget about the negative. It is a learning experience and I will be more careful in the future. I have to get some things done so I am ready to go to Busan tomorrow and study! More later…
