Millionaire... in won

More like half a millionaire.  

Thanks to some extra classes I was teaching for my school and the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education. 

For my school:

I was asked to teach a "training course" for the teachers using a pre-made, online, 'Screen English' course. 

Do I never learn!?  Wasn't I forced to use a pre-made, online course during my summer English camps?  Weren't the programs terrible and 85% in Korean?!  Didn't the program crash or refuse to work half the time?!  Yes!!!!! Yessss!!!!!!  That was me!  That happened to me.  So silly.

So why would I agree to use another program just like it again?!  Why?  Because the Vice Principal asked me, and really you can't/don't/shouldn't say no to the VP.  So I agreed to use it.  Like a fool.

Perhaps this program will be different.  It is a "Screen English" course.  We get to watch English movies.  

Silly me, again!!  They're some of the WORST movies I've ever had the misfortune of watching!

And of course!!! the questions, analysis, and breakdown are all in Korean.  What is an English course without 85% of it being in Korean?!  

But it was ok.  I made my own worksheets, scrapped the program (although a bit limited by the VP and the teacher's willingness to talk) and made it work... kind of.

It was kind of like volleyball, after a certain point the teachers just wanted it to be over.  :-/

For the BMOE:

These classes were very different!  In this course, Korean teachers (non-English teachers) signed up to improve their English skills.  I was told - not a lot.  Do task work.  WTF is task work?!  So again I just made stuff up.

I used facts I got off the internet to have the teachers practice exchanging information.  I used tongue twisters to have the teachers practice confidence building.  I used articles to have the teachers practice general discussion skills.  But beyond getting the topics and materials, I didn't have to do a lot.  The class took what I gave them and went with it.  

They were so involved, so willing to try and participate it was amazing!!

And I got a free kimbap roll everyday!!  Superfantastic!!