Class Orientation

Today Krista and I went to the church for lunch and then after lunch, Pastor Cho asked us if we wanted to go to the bookstore in Busan with him. After we went to the bookstore we went to the beach again! Pastpr Cho took us to Starbucks and then we walked to the beach. When we got there we realized it was the annual Busan sand festival! The sand castles that we watched being built were amazing!!

Later in the evening, after we got back to Yangsan, we walked back to the church for orientation with our classes. From 7:30-8 was my orientation with my Elementary A (1-2 grade) and Elementary B (2-3 grade) classes. There were only about 11 kids there from my classes. From 8-8:30 was my middle school orientation. In both orientations I introduced myself and told them they could call me Blake or Miss Weber because saying "L" is hard for Koreans. I told them where I was from, my age and then I went over what I would be teaching in the class. In both of my orientations none of the elementary or middle school kids could speak english! Luckily they could understand my hand motions and Pastor Cho came in to help me translate the more important stuff. I told them to pick an English name (some already had them from other English classes) by the first day of class next Tuesday. I also told them if they misbehave or talk while I am talking they have to stand up and quietly hold their hands above their head for 1 minute. I had one boy have to serve this punishment twice and it was only orientation! Ill have to keep my eye on him! I am also teaching an adults class, but there was no orientation for them. I finally have my teachers textbooks so I can begin to prepare this weekend!