Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Lazy and Unapologetic

I have been remiss in my posting. For some reason I've felt overwhelmed by the thought of writing. Its so much work and I tend to agonize over word choice, order, sentence structure, etc. This tends to be beneficial for essay writing but not for blogging. I am still feeling lazy so this will be a bullet points post highlighting exciting events from the past few weeks.

1. I had two more seizures three weeks ago. I was admitted to the hospital for the day and released in the evening. Last week I met with the doctor and he said that they don't really know what caused the seizures as all my tests have been normal. He prescribed medicine that I would have to take for at least three years. I have not decided what to do about that.

2. Aaron and I visited Hwaseong Fortress - a defensive wall built in the 1700's. It was actually much more interesting then it sounds. It was mostly a very big stone wall, but there were also many traditional Korean structures throughout the fortress. I love the beautiful curves of Eastern Architecture.

3. I bonded with two of my students while listening to the Beatles on Youtube a few weeks ago. Although we are separated by language and culture, we found common ground through the immortal music of the Beatles. It was pretty sweet.

4. On the flip side, two students accused me of cheating. In their opinion, I helped the opposing team with unfair hints. Basically, the students were supposed to spell a word and I simply defined that word for them. Boy, was the other team mad. That was pretty much high treason in their eyes. There is enough personal drama involved in teaching kids to inspire a hit soap opera or show on the CW. (That distinction was probably redundant :) )

1 comment:

Thalasas Nymphe said...

1. How frustrating! I'll continue to pray for you.

2. I enjoyed your pictures on Facebook.

3&4. Teaching is such an up-and-down job. I'm sorry they accused you of cheating; the thought should never have crossed their audacious young minds!