It's what I do...

Today I rescued a 1st grade student. Strolling down the hallway on the way to the office to make copies for class, I hear wailing coming from the girl's bathroom. Expecting to find a few students pulling each others hair out, I was surprised to see no one wrestling around. Instead I find the sliding door to the toilet (one of the few in the whole school...they like the squatties here) closed and being shaken with obvious panic. The poor girl, who I guess was confused on how to work a sliding door, had been "trapped" in the stall for who knows how long! I quickly slid the door open and greeted the tear-stained little face now looking shocked and relieved to be free.

After 3rd grade class one quiet girl loitered around her desk when all the other students had filed out the door. "Teacher, teacher!" She calls me over it seems to whisper something in my ear. I bend down and *smack* I get a big kiss on the cheek! Then running off she chimes, "Bye teacher! See you next time!" and scurries to catch up with her classmates.

Just a normal day in the life of an elementary school teacher, I s'pose.

You know you want to....

Come on people...you know you want to. You know you want to come visit me this spring/summer. I will entice you with my recent pictures and current pop culture events...

Haeundae Beach--just a 15 minute walk from my apartment with great views from the coastal hiking trails on either side of the beach.

My rockin' apartment--Indeed it's small, but cozy. And clean (most of the time). Added bonus: snuggling with me if you so choose.

Korean's love Iowa!--check out this link to see the new hit pop song in Korea sung by Korea's most popular girl's group, Girl's Generation or So-Nyeo-Si-Dae (소녀 시 대).

김 연 아 (Kim Yuna) This year's Olympics GOLD medalist in figure skating! She's cute and amazingly talented. There's a great possibility you would run into her on the street...Korea is a small country after all.

And if that's not reason enough.....

ME! You get to see me!