This is where I have been teaching at Yongnam Middle School.
On my last day there was a school assembly out on the playing field which is dirt. All the government schools are the same. The same dirt playing fields down to the same bricks on the buildings.
Lunchtime the soccer crazy students have turns who gets to play on the playing field. In the background is Yongnam Elementary School.
Hye Bin, Cynshia and Eun Soo are 3 of my favourite students who I talk to at lunchtime. We always talk about music and they wanted to do some funny posing when I took their photos which is quite rare as most of the female students are camera shy but not these 3.
Some of the friendly students. I bribed them with candy to get their photos taken. Once I did that the whole class wanted their photos taken and then one of them deleted them. I was not quick enough which you have to be with these students.
The 2 boys on the left have been a joy to teach. They are really amusing and had me laughing lots. The boy second from the left had visited Auckland and in my opinion was the best at speaking naturally in grade 1 and 2.
This is my desk in the office where I worked and sometimes slept. It is common for teachers to sleep at their desks in between classes. It was strange when we first arrived to see it but with the crazy hours everyone keeps around here its understandable. I have fallen asleep at my desk and at Dions school so now I feel just like one of the team.
This is Bulgogi in its uncooked form. My co-teacher made it for my last day. It took 5 minutes to cook and it was delicious. I am going to get some Korean Cooking lessons from Pastor Lees wife soon. Hopefully I will learn to make Bulgogi and make some when we come home. I dont have any photos of my co workers but I gave them all paua shell necklaces and we had some food after school. I made macaroni cheese the day before but the cheese sauce was like the flour paste glue at primary school so the garbage bin got that. Perhaps I should have taken a photo of it as you would of all had a good laugh. I was not amused as I spent ages doing double quantity of the stuff in 28 degrees. Oh well the teachers liked the Milo I made them and they found Marmite interesting. At first they thought it was a chocolate sauce. I had to keep saying no its not chocolate and its not caramel its a savoury spread you put on toast and crackers but it all got lost in the translation. Not to worry I enjoyed the Bulgogi and Dion came to my school and had some too and thought it was the best he s tried. I agree. So ends another chapter of life in Korea.
On my last day there was a school assembly out on the playing field which is dirt. All the government schools are the same. The same dirt playing fields down to the same bricks on the buildings.
Lunchtime the soccer crazy students have turns who gets to play on the playing field. In the background is Yongnam Elementary School.
Hye Bin, Cynshia and Eun Soo are 3 of my favourite students who I talk to at lunchtime. We always talk about music and they wanted to do some funny posing when I took their photos which is quite rare as most of the female students are camera shy but not these 3.
Some of the friendly students. I bribed them with candy to get their photos taken. Once I did that the whole class wanted their photos taken and then one of them deleted them. I was not quick enough which you have to be with these students.
The 2 boys on the left have been a joy to teach. They are really amusing and had me laughing lots. The boy second from the left had visited Auckland and in my opinion was the best at speaking naturally in grade 1 and 2.
This is Bulgogi in its uncooked form. My co-teacher made it for my last day. It took 5 minutes to cook and it was delicious. I am going to get some Korean Cooking lessons from Pastor Lees wife soon. Hopefully I will learn to make Bulgogi and make some when we come home. I dont have any photos of my co workers but I gave them all paua shell necklaces and we had some food after school. I made macaroni cheese the day before but the cheese sauce was like the flour paste glue at primary school so the garbage bin got that. Perhaps I should have taken a photo of it as you would of all had a good laugh. I was not amused as I spent ages doing double quantity of the stuff in 28 degrees. Oh well the teachers liked the Milo I made them and they found Marmite interesting. At first they thought it was a chocolate sauce. I had to keep saying no its not chocolate and its not caramel its a savoury spread you put on toast and crackers but it all got lost in the translation. Not to worry I enjoyed the Bulgogi and Dion came to my school and had some too and thought it was the best he s tried. I agree. So ends another chapter of life in Korea. 
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