An average day for Brenton teaching in Korea

7:00am Alarm goes off. Hit snooze.

7:30am Wake up for a second time and realise I am running late.

7:55am Leave for school....5 minutes late.

8:10am Get to school and say hello in Korean to which ever teacher is greeting the students when they arrive. Fail to understand what the Korean teacher says next, so I just smile and nod.

8:15am Get to my desk. Check facebook, check email, quickly look over class plans for the day, check facebook again.
 

My office

My desk

9:00am First class starts. These run from 9 till 12:30. I have one or two of these classes per day.

My classroom

The front of my classroom

12:30pm Lunch time. Some days are good....most are not so good. This is where I try to eat lots of whatever food they are serving in the buffet. BUT there are a few things to remember:

1. Avoid kimchi as it tastes like spicy poo.
2. If something is red it is spicy. Avoid very red things.
3. Stock up on what appears to be good...although this can back fire.
4. Rice and soup are always safe options.

1:30pm Back to classes. These run till from 1:30 till 4:05. I only have one class to teach each afternoon.

This is what I see everyday in my classroom....but with all the desks full of students.

The world map, world clocks and flags on the wall of the classroom.

4:20pm Head home. Get at least 20 "hellos"  from students as I leave school, even though I am leaving so it should be "goodbye".

4:35pm Arrive home.

So what do I do when I am not teaching?

1.  - Plan lessons
2.  - Go on facebook
3.  - Play Nintendo DS
4.  - Learn Korean
5.  - Watch youtube

Once all these items have been done I repeat options 2 and 3.