Coping with Teaching

Hi~

My name is Lauren and I have been clean for 2 months. Or that is what this conference felt like. It was pretty painful to listen and stay awake during and actually not all the relevant to the conditions that are personal to me or my coteachers. The title of the lecture was coping with co teaching - well we actually can't do that bc our co teacher isn't teaching certified so she isn't allowed to teach ( Korean teachers have to be teacher certified where foreign teachers so not) and we can't exactly plan a different lesson with a different teacher for every lesson and everyday. My conditions are more or less a free for all and I have total reign over my class. And they love me. The end. So no co teachers.

On the plus side of this whole shebang, I got to see my first beach in Korea. At night we drank on it with our 'korean co teachers' ( which they feel is too inaccurate/ not pc and prefer the term 'bilingual teachers' this was a discussion of the conference and so far the term isn't sticking. . . even among the Korean teachers) and shot off rockets and fireworks! Fireworks here cost about $2 for a 5 pack and were located right at the convenient mart on location. Nothing like drunken adolescents shooting off roman candles at each other. ^-^ Also the water WAS warm for any one interested. I would say it was equal to the temp of Sullivans Isle in Charleston in May. Yeah it was that nice. Unfortunately I didn't bring my suit. Boo.