Back to Basics

winter intensive session has been raging for just over a month now.....it leaves only meagre free time in its wake and requires massive energy and organizational investment that offers pay at the exorbitant rate of 0 won per hour/day/life.....classes are shorter, prep is longer and there are extra classes taught each day

during class, a fun thing to do is to pretend that things are happening when in fact they are not.....similarly, it is fun to pretend that when things are actually happening, you don't see them......example:
GH: "so does everyone have their paper?"
Student X: "ohhh! teacher, me! me me!! i know what's answer!! give me test!!"
GH: "anyone? i just want to make sure that everyone has a paper, okay?"
Student X: "teacher, meeeee!" (waves hands in face)
GH: "alright, since everyone has a test, please use complete sentences and answer each question"
Student X: (leans and stretches whole body out on desk and deperately shakes hands in face) "meeeeeeeeeeee, i need it!!"
GH: "oh? okay, here it is"
Student X: "wow, i thought it was nightmare!"
[aside: you poor slave, not writing a test every second of every day i suppose would resemble a nightmare]

sometimes you can feel lost in the swirl and haze of the fast-paced, industrious lifestyle that is common here.....but then the weekend ends, you sober up and realize you have to be teaching in about 3 minutes