This past weekend was the 2011 Fulbright Korea ETA Fall Conference in Gyeongju! It was great to see everybody again but first, I have to start with the major event on Tuesday the 18th.
Class Observation
So on Tuesday, I held an open class with one of my co-teachers. It was really fun because we had an excellently planned lesson! My co-teacher created a lesson plan that worked with material covered in the book supplemented by a great art lesson! I always find some way to plug in my seemingly-useless-at-the-time art history class.
I think ~10 people came in to observe the class, including members of the educational board, middle school administrators, and middle and high school English teachers. For some reason, a foreigner English teacher friend of mine also came. He had no idea why he was there.
The class behaved extremely well, probably because the principal and vice principal of my school were also observing. It was a great lesson to have. I think they also took video footage of the class which I'll look for later. It can be on of my 'teaching samples" hahaha.
School Festival
A day for the students to come to school and not be IN school. I think every student had a blast. They played field games (1st grade vs. 2nd grade), made and sold food stuffs, had a mini concert and much much more. It was great to see cross class friendships and some friendly competition between the grades. There were some HILARIOUS performances by students. There was also a girl whom I've never heard before because she is too timid to speak in my English class. Obviously, she has a great voice.
This is a good part about the Korean education system, that really lets kids be kids. The majority of the students had no worries. All fun and games. A lot of "skinship". Don't worry, I took photos.
Unfortunately for the third grades, they had to study for their exam all day. That really really sucks. A lot ducked out for a bit to come and enjoy the festivities. However, no events were really planned for them.
Also, I sang a song in front of the school, but I do not really care to elaborate :)
I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.
Fall Conference
Hurrah for a 4-day educational getaway! This was an awesome time to visit one of the last legs of my Korean Grand Tour, Gyeongju. It was the capital of the old Silla Dynasty. A lot of kings were buried along with their extravagant tombs. They are these HUGE mounds. Tempting to climb, but I am not a child anymore.
We all had time to enjoy the city, share our 2 months of teaching/surviving. It was great to see everybody again. We went to Noraebang almost every night too! It is amazing how our friendships just took off again once we saw each other. It was really fun :)
Of course we met a lot of embassy staff and had teaching workshops. It was a grand experience!
Class Observation
So on Tuesday, I held an open class with one of my co-teachers. It was really fun because we had an excellently planned lesson! My co-teacher created a lesson plan that worked with material covered in the book supplemented by a great art lesson! I always find some way to plug in my seemingly-useless-at-the-time art history class.
I think ~10 people came in to observe the class, including members of the educational board, middle school administrators, and middle and high school English teachers. For some reason, a foreigner English teacher friend of mine also came. He had no idea why he was there.
The class behaved extremely well, probably because the principal and vice principal of my school were also observing. It was a great lesson to have. I think they also took video footage of the class which I'll look for later. It can be on of my 'teaching samples" hahaha.
School Festival
A day for the students to come to school and not be IN school. I think every student had a blast. They played field games (1st grade vs. 2nd grade), made and sold food stuffs, had a mini concert and much much more. It was great to see cross class friendships and some friendly competition between the grades. There were some HILARIOUS performances by students. There was also a girl whom I've never heard before because she is too timid to speak in my English class. Obviously, she has a great voice.
This is a good part about the Korean education system, that really lets kids be kids. The majority of the students had no worries. All fun and games. A lot of "skinship". Don't worry, I took photos.
Unfortunately for the third grades, they had to study for their exam all day. That really really sucks. A lot ducked out for a bit to come and enjoy the festivities. However, no events were really planned for them.
Also, I sang a song in front of the school, but I do not really care to elaborate :)
I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.
Skinship baby
Some bros boycotted the festival and decided to catch lizards instead
This dude had some sort of gambling fundraising going on
Preparing food to sell!
A blood test booth... who would ever pay to do this?
Skinship 2
Skinship 3
Skinship 4
Skinship 5 (one guy is gently holding his friend)
Fall Conference
Hurrah for a 4-day educational getaway! This was an awesome time to visit one of the last legs of my Korean Grand Tour, Gyeongju. It was the capital of the old Silla Dynasty. A lot of kings were buried along with their extravagant tombs. They are these HUGE mounds. Tempting to climb, but I am not a child anymore.
We all had time to enjoy the city, share our 2 months of teaching/surviving. It was great to see everybody again. We went to Noraebang almost every night too! It is amazing how our friendships just took off again once we saw each other. It was really fun :)
Of course we met a lot of embassy staff and had teaching workshops. It was a grand experience!
Album cover - courtesy of CH
The observatory of ancient days. They didn't really need to look up very high. Or they used to be very, very short... - courtesy of JM
I am ruining this great photo - courtesy of CH
Party bus to Gyeongju
Epic mountain entrance
Some of the bros
Beautiful trees changing colors!
Popular temple to visit this time of year...
Rock towers!
My rock tower
Just me at the observatron...
Burial mounds
Again, going at it with some chicks... This one is a princess
Walkway to the old kings tomb, with friends!
King's tomb... they didnt allow photos from the inside :(
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