Dress Rehearsal!

I was informed about 2 weeks ago that we would be having a school wide talent show on November 17th (tomorrow) and that my "once a week" after school english class would be performing!  LOVELY!  (insert sarcasm here!) Talk about finding out last minute!  So, I quickly got to work and enlisted the help of Ella (my co-teacher) and came up with 3 songs to sing and dance to!  

All of the homeroom classes have had months to choreograph and plan their performance, but my poor little English kiddos only had about 3 hours worth of learning the song and dance, and practicing it!  Luckily they're fast learners!  I think they did really well at today's dress rehearsal!  

My 4th graders singing: DEEP AND WIDE and CAN YOU OUT DO ME?!

My 3rd graders singing: HEAD TO TOE

Today was the dress rehearsal and tomorrow is the big show!  They're so excited... I'm just nervous!
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1st beanie of the season!

1st knitting project of the season!

COMPLETE  FAIL! 

That's what I get for being cocky and not looking up a pattern!  I've learned my lesson!

Put 'em to work!

Ella and I ordered individual student desks for our classroom, so we could finally get rid of these heavy wood tables!  They may look nice, but they're every chatty little girl and boys dream!  What kid wouldn't love to sit at a table with 5 friends for classtime!  The answer is NONE!  They love these tables...

In America, I worked as a principal's secretary at a high school, and whenever furniture needed to be moved to another classroom, I called our "maintenance guys" and gave them the orders!  In Korea though, we don't have "maintenance guys!" Rather, we have 6th grade boys... and today, my principal put them to work, along with the 2 able-bodied male teachers!  Their job - to carry (5) 100lb+ all wood tables down 8 flights of stairs!

As you can see, everyone is put to work in this country, (even 11 year olds!) and no one says "NO" to the principal!

Believe it or not, no one was hurt in this ordeal, and the bright shiny new desks look fabulous in my classroom!  I'd say it was a pretty productive day!  Thanks boys! :)

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Trivia Night

I decided to play trivia tonight with Aaron, and while he's much smarter than me when it comes to trivia... he did make me laugh hysterically with his following 3 answers:

Who was the cartoon character married to Jessica in a film starring Bob Hoskins?

Aaron's answer: Ummm, wait I know this one.  The rabbit!  Peter. yea Peter…. No no… crap, I don’t know.

 The real answer: Roger Rabbit

Who was Anne Sullivan's most famous pupil?
Aaron's response: Jillers, You can’t ask me something you don’t know the answer too!

The answer: Helen Keller. (which of course I knew... Who doesn't?!)

What is the title of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on a collection of animal poems by T S Eliot?
Aaron's answer: (Completely serious...) Where the Wild Things Are

The real answer: Cats.

 

If you're ever forced to have a date night in, because of freezing cold temperatures outside, I would highly recommend playing trivia on this website: www.triviacountry.com!

Leaving late...

Fall is here, and in accordance with the season, it's all of a sudden been getting dark REALLY early!  Last Friday, I left work about 30 minutes late because I was busy checking e-mails, catching up on facebook, and writing a blog...  I was shocked when I turned off my office light and realized I couldn't see anything in my classroom!  It was only 5:15pm, and already pitch black outside, and everyone had already left work!  In addition, the hallway at my school was like a scene from a horribly scary movie - dark and eire and probably haunted - and I was ALL ALONE!  It will definitely be the last time I stay late around here!

On the positive side, I grabbed my camera out of my bag and snapped this picture of the city below, from my classroom window!  I've never been here after dark and was shocked at the view of the city lights below - so pretty, huh?! 

This is one of the redeeming qualitites of working on top of a hill! :)

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