My former kindergarten class has been super excited to see me. Even the elementary and middle school students have been talking about me in the halls. I can't understand most of what they're saying since it's in Korean, but I recognize my name.
Today was my second day back at work, and since yesterday my former students have come to hug me or say hi to me quite a lot. One of my kindergarten students - none other than the Phonics Pirate - came up to me today to offer me yet another delightful form of tribute.
It was a New Year's card, because this weekend we will celebrate the Lunar New Year. I took pictures of it but keep having difficulties getting my old blogging app to work. On top of that it's not the easiest thing in the world for me to transfer photos from my phone onto my laptop. Once I figure something out, though, you can be sure to see some photos.
I'll spoil it for you and describe the card to tide you over until then: on the outside of the envelope she wrote:
have new year
Inside she addressed a letter to me on cute bear stationery and wrote:
Thank you for teaching me
I love you!
She signed it and underneath her name she drew a picture.
Several of my students have come to talk to me a lot, but this one in particular has just attached herself to me whenever she sees me in the hall. She and one of my other students keep on trying to clarify if I'm just visiting or if I'm staying.
Tomorrow we will celebrate the Lunar New Year with the kids, and everyone wears traditional Korean clothes (the school supplies us foreigners with those), hanbok. Today my student said, "Teacher, tomorrow I will wear hanbok! And you will, too!"
It's amazing to be back.
