Happy Hagwons Virulent Viruses

Sorry for the lack of updates recently...I've been in the throes of two consecutive colds, the first one wasn't as bad, but this one is real bad. I pretty much hate life with colds, and not having any hot water for the last two weeks has made it that much worse. Let's just say its not much fun doing classroom control with kids that don't speak english when you can't talk.Blogs from people who hate life general aren't that uplifting, so I've been avoiding.

The blog I was going to write before I got sick was about liking my job, so maybe I'll pretend I'm not sick and write that one anyway.

Our school and the people I work with are really great. A lot of foreigners in Hagwons (academies) get treated really bad and taken advantage of. There's a lot of horror stories, but my school is great. So, though church and friends make me wish I was in Seoul sometimes at least I made a good choice going somewhere where I had an insiders perspective of the job.

And the kids don't bother me half as much anymore...actually I've come really like a lot of them. For the most part I can see them as beautiful, vulnerable, precious, creations. I mean, yea they're still rude and make stupid comments about white peoples eyes, and noses, and clothes, and hair, and whatever else, but they don't tire/annoy me like they did at first. I don't know whether my expectations have changed or they've improved in behaviour but either way its better.

I've learned how to manage them better, released that rabbit trails are a good thing if they're at least attempting to communicate in English. Perhaps I'll regret having written such positive reviews - jinx myself or something - but I suppose its better to be self-deluding positive then the alternative. Anyway, signing off, fingers crossed that m viciously virulent virus has vamoosed by Monday.