Today was my 20th birthday!
After our daily traditional Korean lunch at the church Krista and I went to a coffee shop, that we found yesterday, to work on our online classes and our lesson plans! We were there for only a few minutes when a middle aged Korean man and his assistant came up and started talking to us. He is a contractor or an inspector, from what we could understand, and he asked us what we were doing this summer in Yangsan (not many foreigners come here). After a few minutes he said good bye and left to go back to work. We were at the coffee shop for an hour or so and Krista decided to go back to the apartment where it was quieter. I get more work done in a noisy coffee shop, sipping a mocha :) When I was walking back I walked by and office and the contracting inspector came out and asked me to come in his office and talk more. He was really nice and we talked for a little bit. I explained that we are only teaching at night and hoping to find private students to teach during the day for extra money. He asked how much I charge and I had no idea what is fair here. He said he would ask around and see if he could find any students for me. I gave him my email and he continuted to tell me about his connections with Cuckoo, the worlds largest rice cooker manufacturer (located in Yangsan) and how the company does business internationally and would maybe like some private lessons in English! I hope to hear back from him soon about this, the extra students would help fill the time during the day and the extra money would be nice.
Tonight at my first class sessions, I taught 1-2 graders from 6:30-7:30 and middle schoolers from 8:30-9:30. Usually the classes will be an hour and a half, but not on the first night. My 1-2 grade class was where I expected. I spent the whole lesson today on ABC's and counting. I also taught them to write their letters and numbers. In my middle school class, we listened to the book cd and they were better at English than I thought. So I will have to prepare more activities for them on Thursday.
When we got home from teaching my host mom had a Baskin Robbins cake and some cookies for us and my host brother, sister, Krista and I enjoyed it! I thought no one here knew, but I guess my host mom remembered! It was definitely a birthday I will never forget!
Tomorrow, I will prepare for my 2-3 grade class and my adults class! Hope those go well too! And I hope to hear back from the contractor/building inspector!
Sounds like a good day! I'm so happy your host mom remembered your birthday and got you an ice cream cake. They have Baskin Robbins over there?? I really hope the contractor man calls you back too, that would be awesome to help out a big business like that! Love ya lots Bee :)
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