Friday, June 02, 2006


Well I been thinking 'bout the future
I'm too young to pretend
It's such a waste to always look behind you
Should be lookin' straight ahead

Yeah, I'm gonna have to move on
Before we meet again
Yeah it's hard
If you had have only seen

'Cause every once in a while
You think about if your gonna get yourself together
You should be happy just to be alive
And just because you just don't feel like comin' home
Don't mean that you'll never arrive


They called it "failure to launch" in the shitty movie of the same name. We're still in Wonju until tomorrow since there's no teacher to take our apartment yet and we needed to finish packing. Yesterday was a blur. Trying to get the tests in and marked left me rushing all day. It didn't really hit us until the end. As i was handing over folders to my Korean partner teacher we were ambushed by the other teachers and a few of our students we had all year. Our student's parents had bought us gifts and i even hugged Robert, as awkward as that was. It all hit C pretty hard . She was soon a mess of tears. The gifts and goodbyes were unexpected and felt sincere. As we headed out the door the director came out to tell me i was a good teacher. That was nice to hear, since i've doubted my abilities the entire time. We made a plan to see everyone on the 12th or 13th when we come back this way before heading home.

After work i went to the bank to pick up some cash before going to Seoul. I ran into some of our students on the way back. Their mothers were with them, and since they don't speak English they had there children translate an invite to supper. We met up with them a little later along with the director's wife and had some delicious beef. I really enjoyed interacting with the children outside of class, outside of the teacher role. It was a nice send off that we hope to do again someday. Off to Seoul tomorrow, then Thailand. Back to Korea on the 12th, then home on the 14th. We'll see some of you soon.
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