A day of accomplishments

Taught my first lessons today, the structure and features of a pyramid, to 4 groups of 6^th graders.   It probably wasn’t the most excited or interesting lesson, especially considering that they have already learned this concept before in Korean, but I did my part to further their English through conceptual learning.  There was a camel race, which I thought was pretty fun.  It got a few laughs from the students, so that has to be a good sign, no? 

After school I went to Home Plus Tesco, the Target or Walmart of Korea, and started in on some grocery shopping.  I didn't make it passed the frozen foods, when I had to abandon my cart, groceries, and friend to run back to my place, meet Andrew and thank-god get the internet installed!!  I now have a 15' cord that runs from the middle of my apartment to both ends!!  Want to facebook chat in the kitchen?  I can do that!  At the table?! Can do!  While relaxing on my bed!!  Yup, I can do all of that now!!!  

Once the internet was all worked out, I went back to Home Plus and stocked up on a misfit of items.  

Grocery shopping is a bit of a challenge when you don't have a true stove to work with.  Cooking ideas are limited.  And my knowledge of cooking is already VERY limited!  So my first home cooked meal consisted of salad and plain rice.  Rice that I thought I was bound to ruin, but it turned out beautifully, all thanks to my steam rice cooker and Andrew teaching me how to use things again!

Tuesday is a test day for students, so I won’t have any classes.  Another day desk-warming, undoubtedly Facebooking, and emailing.  After lunch, I’ll do some lesson planning to prepare for Wednesday – a 3^rd grade math class teaching the concept - long and short.

Small accomplishments, but I feel proud of me!