Yellow and Brown

"Teacher, BROWN!" shouts Joon, one of the Jupiter students during arts and crafts today, while pointing at my skin.
"Yellow hair, teacher", explains Lucy, as she plays with my hair during class today.

Who knew?

Well, so far I've survived three days of teaching! A little more background to explain. All of the kindergarten kids are in from 9:30-2:20; they are grouped according to age. Mercury is my homeroom/my primary group; they are the youngest (Korean age 5...which means 3 to 4 years old). I do have lessons with other kindergarten classes sometimes, like arts and crafts and multimedia/discovery with Jupiter and Venus. In the afternoons, the elementary level students come, and again, they are grouped by age. I have three (main) elementary classes I see in the afternoons.

Anyways, I'm starting to get the swing of things; getting my hands messy, making mistakes, and feeling the hustle and bustle of every day planning/organizing. I must submit lesson plans daily, on top of many weekly and monthly updates/marks/reports/etc., and also must constantly be prepping for classes like arts and crafts, and science.

Mondays I have a slower schedule, so that was good for my first day. Tuesday I have a very full day - I had SO MUCH FUN! Science is such a fun class to do with the little ones, and they love it too. Tuesdays also include a song and dance class...I may have had more fun than the students did! Today was good, simply because I am feeling significantly more comfortable. My Mercury kids are so cute, I can't get over it. They're lucky they're cute! Haha. There is this one boy, Alvin - he is the smallest and youngest - and he's always dressed so cool: low-cut v-necks, jeans, cardigans, leather jacket. Another kid, Liang, was wearing a sweet Ralph Lauren sweater vest today. Seriously. I kind of want to steal these kids. And word on the street is that they like me! As some of the Korean teachers have been checking in to see how I'm doing, a few have told me, "Oh, I heard your Mercury students really like you!" *PHEW!* That makes me feel good. They definitely require a lot of energy, that's for sure! I'm so grateful for the lunch that the school provides, as so far it's been very welcome and needed. Plus, it's Korean. Yummy yummy.

Koreans are really into dental hygiene, or at least they are at my school. There are places for all the kids to keep their toothbrushes and they all brush up after lunch. All the teachers (myself included) keep toothpaste and toothbrush at our desks, too. Nice! And we don't wear shoes inside. Did I mention that? Shoes stay at the front of the school in cubbies, and we are provided with slippers to wear.

I've been to the gym a couple times after work this week. Yup, getting into my little routine! And now I'm off to enjoy the rest of my evening!