Speaking Classes and Troy

Alright, this morning I'm writing after two days of morning jogs. Yesterday was brutal, but today was twice as good.

I didn't get a chance to blog last night. The day went well. Classes were pretty good. I had to get a little strict on some students, but they actually often like that. Crazy nuts.

After work, Keith and I hung out at a local pub, and Troy caught up with us again. We visited a few more local establishments we hadn't seen before. Our dong is great because there is so much in such a small area, and it's very local. It's kind of fun to go into a bar, and try to talk with these folks who can hardly speak a lick of English. Helps improve my Korean as well, and everyone is very nice, and thoughtful.

Troy seems to be adjusting extremely well. He seems pretty non-plussed by the travel, and his classes. Also, the lucky bastard gets to teach classes of like eight kids max, junior high and high school level. Nicely, his hours coincide with ours. But, he got here alright, he looks good, and he already reads and speaks better Korean than Tremendous...not that that's saying much, but... ;-)

As far as my funny story of the day for yesterday, I have these speaking classes. Our school doesn't really specialize in conversation, so it's a bit of a creative struggle to figure out how to conduct these classes. Also, they're supposed to be fun (no homework), but too little structure drives these kids wild. Anyway, it's always a bit of a stressor to figure out how I'm going to edutain this kids, and one class in particular seems to always get out of hand. Anyway, my first speaking class comes in, one that's not generally too bad, and it's just like four or six kids (two show up late), and for whatever reason they spontaneoulsy get on this magic kick. They're showing me silly little tricks, and just being pleasant and jovial. I just thought, why mess with this, let it go. I don't know if it's exactly what the school and parents would have wanted, but I think the kids had more real enjoyment, and better communication during that session than I ever could have engineered at my curent skill level. Anyway, I had fun, and thought it was a good thing.

Then, of course, my next class came in like a pack of wild animals, and they're the ones I had to get punitive on.