Wednesday, January 4, 2012

School Year

The Korean school year is coming to a close. The students have vacation from the last week of December until the first week of February. Then the students are back at school the first two weeks of February for the graduation of the highest grade. After two weeks at school, the students have spring break. The new school year starts the first week of March.

Korean students still have classes during their vacation. There are optional language camps, and extra curricular classes. I have two weeks of vacation in January. For the rest of the students vacation I'll be teaching language camps, extra curricular classes, planning the next school year, and desk warming.

Desk warming is when showing up to work, is part of the contract, but there is nothing to do. Perhaps a desk warmer will watch a movie, facebook, read blogs, plan grad school, e-mail, or do small crafts. It's always nicer to be home, but who can complain about using work time as free time?

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