random post

So today was an interesting day. I caught kids passing notes in class! I had to have a Korean teacher come in and read it and talk to them. After the teacher left I said I want this to be a fun class and have fun learning... when things like this happen it makes teacher Sherry sad. So they promised to be good. They like Fun Sherry!

Ok... there are a few things I keep forgetting to post:
my kinders are awesome.
I brought in a family photo when teaching this is a girl, this is a boy, this is a man, this is a woman, this is a sister, brother, father, mother... etc... just before I brought the picture they had learnt the term short. So prepared they had, Teacher Sherry is SHORT! hahah Even my 5 year olds know I am short!
They were also very excited to get to see my family. I also showed pictures that Johanna took of Newfoundland for me to my classes, and we very surprised it was in Canada, some thought maybe Europe.
Today I taught my kinders about snow, and brought in a picture of Exmouth Street House... if you ever came to visit me and my lovelies there you would know that we NEVER shovelled our driveway... the kids were laughing so hard when they saw all that snow!

We had fire drill day yesterday... I thought of you Kristin Izsak the WHOLE time... too bad they were old so no real hot ones for ya! Buttt.. the whole thing was in Korean, so I was LOST. However, through the power of body language I was able to decipher that they wanted a volunteer. They picked on my friend Stephanie and she was adamant about saying no. sooo... of course I was the next one picked. I said no at first, but all the kids loved me and yelled out yaaaayyy!! Sherry Teacher! (How can I say no to that??!!)
I went on stage and they dressed me like a fire fighter in front of 80 something kinder kidies. They laughed and laughed. I mean Korean's are short.. but I am still shorter.. the uniform was huge on me, and it was heavy and hot. He spoke only in Korean so I had no idea what was going on, and then he put a mask on my face to breathe in. I of course did it wrong since I had no clue what he was saying.. so he put it on his face, and so I was smushed right into him. He then called for little kinder volunteers to breathe using the second one attached to my gas tank on my back. The tube was very short so I was bent awkwardly the whole time. haha It was excellent. We all just had a great laugh.

Oh.. so the weather here does wonders for my hair. I get such frizzy poofy hair all the time. I am glad that my hair seems to be growing super fast here.. my finger nails too. I hope by the time Monsoon season comes I can tie my hair back. I decided to embrace my curls today.. and when I walked in my kinder class they laughed at me. Some said Pretty Teacher.. while the other half said nooo.. not pretty teacher. Allie informed me she liked my straight hair better!

Speaking of rain, we had a tiny typhoon the other night. On the way home from dinner the Korean teachers thought that Steph and I were crazy.. we danced and twirled the whole way home! It was a nice warm rain!

Now to end this random quickly written post. My next class is so fun. It used to be just three 13 year old girls, but now we have two more. One 15 year old girl and a boy. Well my students have to submit diaries every wednesday for me to read and mark. Giney's have been so cute! She told me all about this handsome boy that her public school teacher sat her beside! haha I tease her all the time about her "boyfriend!" It is great

ohh.. I also have some new names for you.
I have an Esther, Steph has a Gladys (spelling?), I have also have a Dino and a Brainy.


ohhh wait I lied.. one more!
I had a stressful day. A mother watched my WORST class.. so I was really stressed out! I decided that to let myself winde down after such a day.. I mean the class wasn't at its worst that because I ran myself off my feet, but they were not great either!
I pass by this restaurant everyday, and noticed something in the window that was drawn to look like ice cream. I decided to treat myself. I ordered it.. and this is what I got (it wasn't terrible... but definitely not what I was in the mood for!)
Ice with milk on top of it topped with red bean and pineapple.
hahah all I could do was laugh. If you know me and ice cream... it was saddening!