apt number 1

So here is the first try with an apartment. I may be moving from here in the next couple days as other teachers are moving out. This one is a bit of a walk away from the school, not too bad, but all the other teachers are located soooo much closer and i would like to be closer to more westerners.

Which does lead me to my next thought. When i was getting prepared to come to Korea i thought that there would be a lot more people who speak english. My preconception of this stems from my trip to Europe where sooo many people spoke english, and not just a little english. but a lot of english. It is very common to go to many different restaurants here and not have any of the staff speak english... hilarity ensues.

The other factor in me thinking more people would speak english is because of how many teachers are over here doing the exact same thing i am. And the kids that we are teaching are soo incredibly good at it. We all have the policy where no one is to speak Korean or any other language while they are in the classroom. The classes are three hour blocks with 5 minute breaks every hour where they cannot speak Korean. These classes all take place after they get done with their normal school day and any other academy classes they are scheduled for. I ran through the typical day of an american kid and they could not believe it.

Anyway, enjoy the video. Classes went good yesterday and today. i will write more on all that later.