Today was a great day I am pleased to say. This morning all the K classes at my school went on a field trip. My school is known for taking notoriously boring and draining field trips (think 80+ 4, 5, and 6 year-olds at a Folk History Museum) so I was a little nervous as we set off this morning. We were taking the annual Easter field trip to a park in Seoul to play games, hang out outside of the school for awhile, and have an Easter egg hunt. To put it simply, it was an awesome morning!!! The park we went to was huge and green and full of flowers and had a pond. It was so nice to be experiencing nature again. I unfortunately haven't had the opportunity to just enjoy nature since I've come to Korea. Most of the parks I've been to have a handful of trees and concrete. There aren't yards and flower gardens and trees to climb, which made going to this amazing park today that much more fabulous. I'm not sure if my kids liked it more or me. It was very enjoyable to get to hang out and play games and not have to worry about teaching curriculum or correcting every single speaking mistake. I got to see my Kindergarten kids just be kids, and it reminded me that they aren't little robots that I'm teaching that can sit still for hours and remember everything I tell them. They're just kids! It's incredible how much this simple reminder lifted my spirits for the rest of the day and made teaching, though sometimes frustrating, fun and rewarding again. I pray that this little gem of knowledge stays with me. I hope that everyday I am able to see my students not as a collective mind that needs to soak up my teaching but as 9 individual, funny, loving, growing, malleable and impressionable children.
In other news, I went back to the Dr. about my ankle today. He said that the fracture is practically healed, though he recommended I not exercise, run or play any sports for another 3 or 4 weeks. I've decided that Dr. was just being overly cautious. Hopefully sometime this weekend I'll be able to get a run in and test out the ankle. The weather is beautiful, and I can feel myself die a little bit inside every day that I'm stuck sitting around instead of outside being active. I can't wait to get back outdoors!!!
I love you and miss you all dearly!
It's ALL About Him,
KendallCooke
It's good to see you happy! I was re-reading one of the Donald Miller books I have and saw this quote and thought I would share.
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Teaching is like that....about the time you want to say screw it, something wonderful comes along and makes you realize this is the greatest thing in the world. Try to remember that on the days you want to end it all. Love you and miss you! Your niece is cauing me all sorts of issues and I still have 7 weeks left! Oh well. She probably takes after her Aunt Nennal. Love you! - Kris
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