sunday evening we went out with some of our students & one of their parents to a strawberry farm. it was all in these elaborate greenhouses and we were able to pick fresh strawberries & eat them right there - in january! the "strawberry mam" as she calls herself gave each of us a jar of strawberry jam & a jar of strawberry hot pepper paste - yum! after the strawberry farm we went to a korean/chinese restaurant & i must say i am a fan of this korean style of eating - a ton of food & very little talking. they just kept bringing plate after plate after plate. it was amazing. when we had finished gorging ourselves, we went to a traditional korean dress design shop & i was able to try on one of the beautiful dresses with a puffy skirt, hat & everything! pictures will definitely be posted when i get home - my computer doesn't want to read my sd card.
yesterday we had our first day of class with our english students. each day we will work with the students for 5 hours. yesterday, they had an opening ceremony where the vice principal gave a speech, then each student presented a "ppt" (powerpoint presentation) about themselves. it was a wonderful way to meet each student - they are so funny! one of the students promised to buy us a meal if his english scores improve. most of the day was spent doing informal interviews, getting to know the students and they english proficiency levels. we also had a few activities & spent the last hour playing word games - pictionary, scrabble slam & bananagrams - it was great!
i'm definitely looking forward to a full week of class & a weekend trip to seoul with our students!
peace & love from nonsan, korea.
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