It is Children's Day today, and, for me, that means a day off! I was not sure what I was going to do with my day off until yesterday after work. Mrs. Young came up to me and asked if I was going to join them at the church event today. I didn't realize they were having a church event for Children's Day, which may be due to my not having been at church Sunday, but it sounds as if it could be a good thing. So, I am going to be hanging out near the Provincial Office doing whatever it is the church feels it should do for something like Children's Day.
In class yesterday, all 7 of my student were scaring themselves with talk of two ghosts in the Changwon area. Apparently there is a blue masked ghost and a red masked ghost. They were Japanese people who died and are now going around killing Koreans. I have no idea about most of the paticulars as they were unable to explain them. I asked one of them to tell me in English what she was talking about and she said there was no English. They all said I didn't have to worry about the ghosts because they just went after Koreans.
The beginging of class was filled with them using red markers and colored penciles to draw a symbol on their hands to protect them from these ghosts. It almost reminded me of the Blair Witch phenomenon.
Kindergarten was extra fun yesterday as well. The teachers ate snack with the students and we had popcorn and ice cream an excelent combination. We also played games with our classes for about an hour. I found my students ready to make up their own games with their own rules with no help from me. I was thankful for that as I had no idea this was the plan until I came to work that morning. Last minute is the general way of things here in Korea.
I also got a new kindergarten sudent. I forgot to tell Mrs. Young what the student is going to need, so I probably won't get it until two weeks from now. She seems to fit in nicely with the rest of the class, and is quite intelligent. Now that I have 9 students, I find that is giong to be a big help.
That is all for now I have to be on my way to randez-vous with church members.
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