RAVING/HAPPY SH!T MEGATHREAD

$3k USD = 3.375 million KRW

3 million KRW = $2,665 USD

(Actually a bit less favorable when accounting for exchange fees.)

It's been over a decade since 1,000 won equaled one dollar.

1000KRW = $1.20 - $1.30NZD last time I sent money home :p

You remind me of Zola.

Incidentally, looks like the NZD is somewhat weak / losing strength against both the KRW and USD. As your country's currency loses value, you can get more of it when exchanging.

https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=NZD&to=USD&view=5Y

https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=NZD&to=KRW&view=5Y

I saw the USD part, I was more refuting "It's been over a decade since 1,000 won equaled one dollar." As you didn't specify in which currency :p (I'm just kidding around, so don't worry too much) :p

$3k USD = 3.375 million KRW

3 million KRW = $2,665 USD

(Actually a bit less favorable when accounting for exchange fees.)

It's been over a decade since 1,000 won equaled one dollar.

It (the exchange rate between Korean won and US dollars being 1 to 1) actually got pretty close in summer 2014. I remember at the time, it was like 1,000 won was equal to about $0.98 (USD). That was the closest I remember it getting to being 1 to 1 since I've been in Korea.

Yay. I just found an English speaking hair dresser! Much easier now.

It's a happy/sad day today. 

Today is my last day at my country school.  I love ALL my kids there.  (Even the little rats that give me a hard time every now and again) I was about to head out when I received a call from my main teacher (different school) informing me that most of the roads are iced over (mountain roads) and that I shouldn't go to my country school.  I've been given the 'day off' since I have no lessons and the roads are crappy.  I should be happy but I'm not.  This was my day to say good-bye to my kids.  Monday is their last day and even if I go in next week Thursday to desk warm, I won't see them.   

Happy cuz I get a paid day off (yay! three day weekend) but supper sad that I won't get to say good-bye to my kids.  This is the worst part about teaching.  Saying good-bye to my kids ALWASY kills me a little inside. 

I'll turn this around as not to depress others.... IT'S FRIDAY!!  So HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!   

I am enrolled in Designing Cities, The French Revolution, Geopolitique de l'Europe and Revolutionary Ideas on Coursera over the winter break.

Learning and getting paid to deskwarm.

 

My Principal and VP have just come to me and asked me to teach an English class next semester focused on music, since that's what my degree is in. YES, PLEASE! I'm excited for next semester, even though we don't go on winter break for another two weeks (and then a week of camp after that)!

In the words of my students (quoting someone, I'm sure), "Lezzgettit!"

Just watched my 6th graders graduate!  <3  What a great day!      Happy Friday! 

Just watched my 6th graders graduate!  <3  What a great day!      Happy Friday!

Nice! I have today, and 2 days in Feb left with my grade 3's (MS)!

My boss told me today, he really appreciates that I will correct some of his English, and how I usually explain the difference between the word he used, and the word I corrected him on!
Also, the way they inputted my vacation into NEIS gave me an extra couple vacation days! :D (not going over the contract amount, just not including weekends during my vacation time).

Also, the way they inputted my vacation into NEIS gave me an extra couple vacation days! :D (not going over the contract amount, just not including weekends during my vacation time).

That's how it's always supposed to be done, every vacation period. Hopefully they haven't been stiffing you in the past.

Just watched my 6th graders graduate!  <3  What a great day!      Happy Friday!

Watched my 3rd graders (middlers) graduate yesterday!   

Also, the way they inputted my vacation into NEIS gave me an extra couple vacation days! :D (not going over the contract amount, just not including weekends during my vacation time).

That's how it's always supposed to be done, every vacation period. Hopefully they haven't been stiffing you in the past.

My contract gives more vacation days than EPIK, but includes weekends and holidays (so it ends up being roughly the same, but maybe 1 - 2 days more; at least before the recent change for this year)

Isn't it a great feeling?!! 

All the naysayers on this board that vomit, "You're not a real teacher"  "You being here is nothing but a dog and pony show" "You make no impact on these kids lives"  I know I've made a difference.  I've taught kids that had little to NO English skills, that can now carry on a simple conversation with me.  Students who at mid-term were not even trying on their exams, but at years end, aced them!  Students who hung out on my room after school just to practice their English. 

Everyday during lunch, my kids (3~6) would come into my room and we'd watch BTS MV's, fangirl, and practice English.  Students who wrote me letters when I was out with Flu for a week.  Christmas cards with loving messages...  These are the things that make being a Teacher worth it! 

I'm sorry for those who feel as if they've made no impact.  I was given an opportunity of a life time, and I will NEVER forget how blessed I've been. 

Isn't it a great feeling?!! 

All the naysayers on this board that vomit, "You're not a real teacher"  "You being here is nothing but a dog and pony show" "You make no impact on these kids lives"  I know I've made a difference.  I've taught kids that had little to NO English skills, that can now carry on a simple conversation with me.  Students who at mid-term were not even trying on their exams, but at years end, aced them!  Students who hung out on my room after school just to practice their English. 

Everyday during lunch, my kids (3~6) would come into my room and we'd watch BTS MV's, fangirl, and practice English.  Students who wrote me letters when I was out with Flu for a week.  Christmas cards with loving messages...  These are the things that make being a Teacher worth it! 

I'm sorry for those who feel as if they've made no impact.  I was given an opportunity of a life time, and I will NEVER forget how blessed I've been.

This makes me so happy!

I have also been feeling really sentimental about my students as we near the end of the semester. We've gotten to know each other so well in the four months I've been here. The other teachers at my school have told me how well I'm fitting in, that I don't "feel new" anymore. I am so grateful for the opportunities I have been given already in my career here.

My shy students from my first weeks here are now speaking confidently in class, my girls know that I love K-pop and like to watch the music videos with me between classes, and my troublemakers know  just how far they can go without getting "Annie Teacher Eyebrow" aimed at them.

It's been so great working here, and I can definitely tell I'm making a difference, not only in the students' lives, but the other teachers' as well. They're using more and more English and helping me to learn more and more Korean, and we're all getting comfortable with each other. It's really wonderful, and I am so glad I got placed outside of where I had requested. 

Last. Day. Of class.

Then it's 3 days of camp and I'm home free! 

Last. Day. Of class.

Then it's 3 days of camp and I'm home free! 

Nice! Vacation time for me starts Friday after work! :D
My 5 day camp isn't until Feb :D I guess we could have done it this week, however, my school was deciding on some special stuff for the students, and wasn't sure when it would end - so we made it Feb, in case the special stuff went on too long, and we couldn't fit the full week of camp in before my vacation. :p

Nice surprise package from my parents 

Tomorrow is the last day of the semester! And then a week of camp, then I'm free! Ish. I'm not going anywhere for break, so I'll be spending a lot of it at the school, but that's not even so bad when there's no one else here!

And today, some of the other teachers invited me to go to our school's greenhouses with them. We all got to pick our own lettuce, so now I don't have to buy lettuce for at least a week!

This makes me unreasonably angry. 

Yeah snap. Hope they at least live long enough to see how wrong they are 

I'm guessing the 'polar vortex' making its way down the reptilian brain of the USA at the moment isn't going to help convincing people there that global warming is a real threat either. Saw Trump made a tweet about it too, oh boy 

[I know the pic is of Aussies].