Korean Holiday

Independence Movement Day (March 1)
This day commemorates the Declaration of Independence proclaimed on March 1, 1919, while under Japanese colonization. A reading of the declaration takes place in a special ceremony at Tapgol Park in Seoul, where the document was first read to the public.

So, we get the day off today.

The new teachers came on Sunday night. Laura and Brett. She's from Glasgow and he's from the Cambridge area in England. They met each other while teaching in Korea their first year here, and have travelled and taught in Korea together since. This is their 3 year teaching in Korea, which is why I think Mrs Jang hired them; they have experience and have stayed for the entire length of a contract before.

Each new kindergarten class will be no bigger than 6 kids. My homeroom is the youngest group (5 years old). They don't know any English at all, so I'm assuming this will be a challenge for the first few weeks, but there's only 4 of them....we will see.

Our new elementary schedule begins on Friday and all the classes we've taught up until then will be changed. Along with Brett and Laura, Mrs Jang has hired another Korean teacher, Peter, to teach in the afternoons. With all the new teachers, she's re-vamping the afternoon schedule. I could use the change.

And - we've officially completed 6 months now. Never thought I'd make it this far, but now that I'm here, the last 6 months should be easy, as we get closer and closer to going home. The warmer weather's coming and with planning for the Trans-Siberian - I'm excited.

Goodbye Dave and Gabe - it's been fun (& interesting) working with you. If you're ever oot and aboot in Canada sometime, give us a call; we'll give you a ride on our dog sled and take you out to Harvey's.