New schedule (finally!)

I finally got my class schedule for this semester!!  I was told earlier that I was going to be teaching the first grade (equivalent to 6th grade), however now I am teaching the all of the second grade and intermediate-high level third graders.  Initially, I was really looking forward to teaching first grade since they are so small and fresh to the middle school experience.  But now, I am super excited to be teaching the second and third grade for a couple of reasons.  First, I'll be teaching a group of second grade boys that I got close to last year in an after school class and during the winter camp.  They are really sweet, intelligent, and silly boys and they are so fun to be around and really value learning English.  It was really amazing seeing them open up last year and go from kids that are nervous and shy to speak English to kids that are playing jokes on one another and speaking English non-stop.  Second, in third grade, I'll have girl students that I got to know from an English lunch club that I helped with last semester.  They are also really sweet and good girls so I know I'll have fun getting to teach them.  So, all in all, I realized that if I taught first grade all the students would be fresh faces to me, but by teaching second and third grade I get to continue to get to know some of the students that I really enjoyed last year.

I have no picture related to today's post, so I thought I'd post a picture of Yeppi in a sweater that we got for her while we were in Busan.  It has a hood with bunny ears and a little puff ball tail at the end.  The dog sweaters that you can find in this country are ridiculous, but I love them!  Originally, the sweater went around her two back legs, but it was a little bit too short for her body when we got home and tried it on her.  I just cut of the back legs and now it fits her fine!