Time after Time

Students have come and gone another week. I have to admit that the second week was not nearly as exciting or cool as the first, but it was still good to go through. I taught Goody Mart and Game lab again this past week along with organizing a dance club. The students seemed on par or a little below the previous week's kids as far as English ability went. Though there are always some exceptional students. I was warned by students last week that the students coming this week would be very talkative and boy were they right. Discipline begain almost immediately upon arrival. At first I would going to give out red stamps like crazy, but students began to not care about getting red stamps so making them do physical things are dealt out as punishments instead. I doubt that much of this would work in America, but it is interesting to see it work here. One type of punishment that kids do is a variation on squats. They put their hands on their heads and squat to the ground and come back up. After a certain amount you really get to feel the pain. This seemed to be much more effective for getting kids to listen and understand. The lessons went much smoother this week having already taught them once. Though with some classes I had to really take time to explain things and not expect to accomplish a great deal due to classroom management issues. Students will just go crazy if you let them be with a good sense of guidance. But with the right supervision I am amazed at what they can accomplish. Because I had already taught the lessons so much I tried to give them some variety and this might it quite a bit more fun more me. I think there was one day that was pretty bad for me as far as getting annoyed with the kids. I told my co-workers about this and they were shocked. Jon the unmovable guy has been moved, lol. It was pretty funny, but I was so angry at the kids and their behavoir.
The weekend was pretty relaxing. I just soaked in a bunch of rest. Gail, who had run our orientation, left. So we had a going away party for her. It was pretty fun. There was homemade pizza along with many other food items. I think that my stomach was ready for all the greasy and fatty food that I had that night. The next day I felt kind of bloated. On friday we also had party for Diana, a fellow teacher. It was her birthday, so we had an outdoor bbq. This is not quite the same as it would be in the states, but it was fun. They used really big pieces of pig for grilling and didn't really put bbq sauce on it. We told them that we would cut those pieces up and make bacon out of them in the states. It tasted decently though.
I am so glad that I like rice. It pretty much comes with every meal and I pretty much like it with every meal. Sometimes they put some beans in it and color it funky, but I try not to notice too much. I am still not used to Kimchi (fermented cabbage with special sauce), but I'm up to trying it 4x a week, so that's good (considering that they have it with every meal).
On Sunday I went to the Local Church in Chuncheon. It was nice to be around believers. They had some general announcements, some Bible reading and then a time of sharing. They called this time of sharing prophesying. From my understanding people commented on the passages that had been read or shared what was going on in their life spiritually. It was interesting to see a lot of people speak (I attended with a guy who translated for me). Oh they also sang some songs too. When the service was over, there was a meal and then we went for tea at the top of the city. It was quite beautiful there. One could see everything. It would be a great place for a date. Then we drove to a famous bridge and saw that. We also started talking in a little more depth about God and things like that. I really enjoying the conversation. I hope that I can continue to find those types of dialogues in life. Then we went shopping at E-mart and came home. Pretty relaxing. This next week I'll be teaching Elementary students Hospital and Restaurant. I am a little nervous, because I'm not sure how my lessons will work out with the students.