We're right in the middle of intensives at school. Korean kids get two months off a year - January and August. Naturally they use this vacation from school to... attend more school. Our hagwon offers winter intensive classes during these months. Basically, kids come in for three forty minute classes back to back in the mornings or afternoons. These classes are during the day, so they overlap with the kindergarten schedule. Teachers have one of these intensive classes added to our schedules and they rearrange our kindergarten classes to accommodate them. In other words, I now start work earlier everyday, but still finish at the same time. It's been tiring - I am at school at least 10 hours a day - one day a week I am there 12 hours. I have a decent amount of breaks, but they are filled by prep and lesson planning. It is for this reason that my month has been less than exciting - not much free time during the week and weekends are spent resting and recovering. Hence - busy, but boring.
On the bright side, I must be doing something right. We have new Korean teachers that are in training coming to observe a few classes this week and I was one of three teachers chosen for them to watch. Not a huge deal, but a big compliment given that I have only been here about two months. It's the most positive response I've had in the land of no feedback. Unless they picked me as an example of what NOT to do...
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Erin...you have so much experience working with kids already that it is fortunate for that school that you are such a model for their upcoming teachers. Keep up the good work.
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