Today we got our Pre-K kids. I was so nervous and hardly slept last night thinking about what my day would end up like. I had people telling me be prepared for tears, confusion and kids that don't speak any English and well I sure got that today! We started by going to a church for our opening ceremonies, which included the parents and it was a welcoming of the staff, singing songs and so forth. After that we rode a bus back to our school. As we were leaving 2 kids parents had to ride the bus back to school with us because their kids were hysterically crying and would not get on alone. We made it back to the school and into our classroom. I have 12 absolutely adorable children. One surprisingly speaks English really well. The others had a BASIC concept and mostly just repeated after me. I felt like I was playing charades all day acting out my words. We sang some songs, played some name games and colored a sticker chart for our class. One of the criers got it together and was completely fine when she joined our class and I got them dancing and having fun. The other little boy, bless his heart, did not. Luckily I have the sweetest KT (Korean Teacher) that helped me out throughout the day. Every time she would attempt to leave he would grab his pants and "pretend" he needed to go to bathroom so that she would have to come back. Needless to say he did not spend too much time in our class today. The pre-k kids only stay until 2:30 and we didn't get back from the ceremonies until about 11:00 so the day kind of flew by and was quite hectic but a lot of fun. I feel more prepared for tomorrow. I hope my one kid can actually make it in our class tomorrow because he literally cried from 11:00-2:30. I felt so helpless because nothing I could say or do would comfort him, only the Korean teacher could. I hear that this can last a whole month but I'm hoping I can get him to warm up before then. Here's to wishful thinking! After the kids went home I had a large prep block time before I met with my 2nd graders again. Today I felt so much better and not as rushed like I felt on Friday. I was actually able to have some conversations with them, make them laugh quite a few times and really have a great time with them, where as Friday we just had TOO much to cover to really get to know them. One of the little girls told me "Lisa teacher, I have a fever today so I have to drink water in class and I can not read too much because my throat hurts". I felt her head and she was not lying, but I guess in Korea they just suck it up so they do not miss one day of their education. All I can say is I'm staying away from her... I don't have time to get sick! Overall it was a great day and I am truly enjoying my experience. Tomorrow is round 2 with pre-k and I get to meet my 3rd graders in the evening!
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