After dinner I checked my email and I had an email from my co-teacher! Before even thoroughly reading through the note, I spotted the name of the school and nervously put it into google maps. It is a bit further north and west than I was hoping, but by subway only about 35 minutes from church. So, the name of my school is Nokbun Elementary and I will be teaching 5th and 6th graders. If you search Eunpyeong-gu in google maps it will give you the general location--I haven't been given specific details of the school or where I am living yet.
It's pretty exciting to find out my school because apparently only 10% of teachers are contacted by their schools ahead of time. It takes a lot of the nervous anticipation for the end of orientation. I'm glad I know where I will be, but am a little sad I'm so far away from all of my friends.
In other news of the day, we had a campus tour that did not last very long. Lunch. A opening ceremony that consisted of some important people speaking, a taekwondo performance, and a cultural lecture by a very entertaining and amusing professor (Canadian) from Korea University. Then we split into our "classes" which is divided by city/region. Seoul is the largest with about 60, so we are further divided into A and B (but will meet together for most things). We then had our class meeting which gave some general information. Afterwards we had a short break before dinner.
Now, I'm working on an introduction email to my co-teacher and getting hydrated for our medical test tomorrow. After midnight we can't drink any more water so I'm trying to fill up.
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| So amazing he could not only jump that high but also break two boards!!! |
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| Welcoming Ceremony--President of NIIED |
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| All our Team Leaders |
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