In Korean schools, teachers move to different classrooms, but students stay in the same room. So I pack up my things and walk across the hall to teach again.
10-11 am
During the third and fourth period, I don’t have any classes. I use this time to make lesson plans and answer emails. It is the only two hours in the day when it is quiet, so I can really focus on my work.
12 pm
Usually at the end of fourth period, all the teachers come back and we go to lunch together. All the teachers sit at a separate table from the students, but we eat the same food as they do. The menu changes every day, and it is almost always delicious!
Today's lunch was (from left to right in the picture): fried pork cutlet with a sweet sauce, pineapple slices, a small bag of nuts, bean sprout 반찬 (banchan), or side dish, 낙지비빔밥 (Nak-ji bi-bim-bap), or rice mixed with spicy baby octopus, bean sprouts, cucumber, and seaweed and a tofu soup.
After lunch, the teachers and I go on a walk around the school. If we have enough time, we also walk at a lake that is nearby. The weather has been very nice lately, even though the cherry blossoms are gone. Since we are slowly getting closer to summer, the sun has been out and it's getting warm! Today, it was 73 degrees with no clouds in the sky, so perfect!
1-2 pm
Now it is time for the fifth and sixth periods. I teach two more classes during this time. Every other Wednesday afternoon is for club activities. This week, I taught my regular class, but next week I will help with a science club. They are writing a report about how air pollution affects the economy.
