Thursday morning there will be a huge national college entrance exam in Korea and stress is in the air. Students prepare their whole lifetime for this moment and all I can really think about is kimchee. I love spelling the word with two ees and no i. This week our family will make loads and loads of kimchee like a small mountain on the balcony.
I still teach English every day in the Korean schools and sometimes how I ever get through all that I do in one day. When it comes to elementary school teaching is not about a subject but it is about children. The come in the classroom each day with so many problems. The class should be a haven of rest not a place of more stress. Two weeks ago I was at wits end and learned that they really are only little kids who need a mom and dad. Anyway I made this chant for our sixth grade lesson. The key expression is kind of lame but I did what I could with it.
