Sore Throat

I have a sore throat, and teaching when you are sick is a real drag. I pray I would get home and to bed "AEAP" ("As Early As Possible"). Teaching is still a challenge, as I continue to get used to the schedule, material, and the students (and as they get used to me - as usual. I have students telling me they cannot understand anything I say. I tell them that, in that case, they have some learning to do - because what I speak in class is authentic, "rubber-meets-the-road" English).

Today I had a Kindergarten student named "Eli" (pronounced like the word "alley") who - predictably - asked to go to the bathroom (whom I let go, knowing that if I did not, she would cry). Also predictable, however, was the fact that she kept asking to go to the bathroom. I put my foot down and said, "No." And, again - predictably - she cried. So I explained to her Korean Homeroom teacher that "one time" was OK, but "two times" was not. She, Eli, apologized, and I trust she will learn to act her age in my class.

I taught one of my classes their "ABC's in cursive writing." Some liked it better than others, but by the end, I think it had gone over pretty well. We only got up to "Nn", so I can do the other letters next time - which is good, because we do not have a book. The students talked about a certain writing book that we have here at the school, which they thought I should photocopy to use with them. I said, "Should I drive through a red light?" They said, "No." So I said, "I do not make illegal photocopies for the same reason." And I showed them the copyright notice at the front of a book.

This morning, I read through Psalm 51 in my "Korean King James Bible". It is taking me less and less time to get through Psalms or Chapters of other books in that Bible. It is amazing to me how much there is to learn when it comes to reading (and speaking) Korean. It is like waiting for a sunrise, when you have been staying up all night for it. The lights come on - agonizingly slowly, but surely. Bye for now.

Sincerely,

Daniel