Mt. Hood:
4-T Trail
Random Daejeon
Global Gathering
Chuseok in Seoul
Chuseok in Seoul part 2
We Are All Purple!
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Pictures
This post is a bit out of order, but I've put up a number of pictures. Here are the links, and blog posts will go up soon (I hope).
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Regular life in Daejeon
Now that I've updated to school I'm going to switch focus on my posts from a day-to-day log to general topics and cool things that happen. To start this trend I'm going to provide an overview of how life in Daejeon goes on a daily basis during the week.
I have a 20 min bus ride so I usually get to the bus stop at about 8am. Assuming the bus isn't too full with students getting off at the next stop (which is not always the case, I've had to wait for the next bus multiple times) I get to school at about 8:25, just in time to start at 8:30. I don't usually teach until 9:30 though, the only exception is Friday.
I teach 22 classes right now, five on Mon and Wed, 4 each other day. My classes are evenly split between 1st and 3rd graders. Their English level varies from nearly fluent (not too many of these) to almost none (way too many of these). This makes it very difficult to have effective lessons for everyone in class. I end up doing a lot of group activities and games to try to get everyone involved.
I get off at 4:30 and head home, usually getting there about 5. Then my plans depend on what day it is:
Monday - nothing routine!
Tuesday - climbing or Korean Class
Wednesday - Go up to Sintanjin for dinner with friends
Thursday - climbing, Korean Class, and/or hanging out with friends over by Chungnam University
Friday - nothing routine, but I'm never just sitting around
That takes care of the regular week, next up, my wonderful weekends.
I have a 20 min bus ride so I usually get to the bus stop at about 8am. Assuming the bus isn't too full with students getting off at the next stop (which is not always the case, I've had to wait for the next bus multiple times) I get to school at about 8:25, just in time to start at 8:30. I don't usually teach until 9:30 though, the only exception is Friday.
I teach 22 classes right now, five on Mon and Wed, 4 each other day. My classes are evenly split between 1st and 3rd graders. Their English level varies from nearly fluent (not too many of these) to almost none (way too many of these). This makes it very difficult to have effective lessons for everyone in class. I end up doing a lot of group activities and games to try to get everyone involved.
I get off at 4:30 and head home, usually getting there about 5. Then my plans depend on what day it is:
Monday - nothing routine!
Tuesday - climbing or Korean Class
Wednesday - Go up to Sintanjin for dinner with friends
Thursday - climbing, Korean Class, and/or hanging out with friends over by Chungnam University
Friday - nothing routine, but I'm never just sitting around
That takes care of the regular week, next up, my wonderful weekends.
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