this week...

[i'm gonna leave out all of the computer drama, or else this post will be nothing more than an angry rant.]

this week was the first week of the new school year. weird, because i have 300 new 3rd graders, my 5th graders are grown-up 6th graders, and my 6th graders are gone.

since monday was a holiday, tuesday marked the first day of class. except not really, because i didn't actually have any classes that day. this is because tuesday was called "opening ceremonies". really, korea? this is not the olympics...

since there was no class on monday or tuesday, my school decided that it would be a good idea to cram 17 english classes in to 3 days. also, i feel like i should mention that i've been teaching 6th graders all week.

i also have 3 new coteachers, who all seem to be pretty awesome. even though i've only worked with one so far. also, my school now has a few people who are my age, which is even awesomer.

so class this week has been pretty low-key [aka great]. except for the time i told my kids to introduce themselves to the new teacher, ms. lee, and one boy told her that english makes him vomit...in english.

at the end of a different class, a boy stood up and said "i am teacher miranda". and then proceeded to walk around the class saying "i like t.o.p. i like t.o.p. i like bigbang. i like t.o.p". which was definitely hilarious...but definitely not accurate. maybe.

since my school no longer has an english classroom, my desk has been moved to the 6th grade teachers' office, which is shared by 14 people. this gives the other teachers ample time to stare at me, and they have done quite a lot of it this week. my favorite was when one of the new male teachers came and stood next to my desk for several minutes just watching me. awkwardly. apparently, he didn't want to talk, just watch. he came over later and decided to actually talk to me. awkwardly.

the conversation went as follows:
him: *coughs to get my attention* "are you a christian?"
me: this is an odd way to start a conversation with a stranger... "yes."
him: "good. me too. are you catholic or methodist?"
me: "presbyterian."
him: "no. are you catholic or methodist?"
me: "i'm a presbyterian."
him: "no. the only people who are christians are catholics and methodists."
me: what the...?? "umm, i'm a presbyterian."
him: "are your parents christians?"
me: "yes."
him: "are you happy about that?"
me: what kind of question is this?? "umm, yes."

and then he shuffled away. awkwardly.

so yeah. that's been my week. well, my school week at least.

aigoo. thank goodness it's the weekend.