Hiiiii!!!! Ok, so a lot to report since the last blog so here it is:
First, I GOT A JOB TEACHING AP US HISTORY AT SEOUL GLOBAL HIGH SCHOOL!!! (the pictures posted above and below are of the school) It's a public international school (my students speak three languages) and I teach AP US History two times a week for 70 minutes. It's the first time they have ever offered AP US History so I had to create the whole curriculum etc. but it's so worth all the effort! I absolutely loveeee my students (I have 16 sophomores/juniors), I LOVE teaching History again, it's great teaching experience and although I'm extremely busy now and have almost no free time I am so happy! I plan about 8 hrs for each class and its quite the adjustment working a double day: history lecture, making lessons, grading essays, checking homework etc. AFTER a full work day at Jamsil Middle School so I usually end up working 14 hour days, but like I said, I'm seriously relishing the experience...but check back in in a few months and see how I feel then haha! And I'm actually so happy the school hired me cause I had to tell them I was leaving at the interview but they said if I train the new teacher, create the curriculum etc. then they will work with me so that's the deal :) But speaking of, I move back to America in 13 weeks! I'm very excited and I feel like I finally have enough teaching experience under my belt to feel valid in my grad school program. So yayyyy!! Thanks for all the support this whole year and especially now with the new job, it means so much and I love you all for it! Also, I made a website for my class if you want to check it out just click on the red link and it should bring you to the page: www.sghsapushistory.weebly.com This is where I post all my PowerPoint's, lessons, homework assignments, notes, and all that other fun AP US History stuff. Oh and Patrick was a HUGE help with offering some advice and resources about the course as he just took the AP test a few weeks ago. So THANKS SO MUCH PATRICK!!!
Also, over the long weekend holiday for Children's Day my dad was able to meet up with me in Singapore! Katie and our friend from Charleston who is currently teaching in Thailand were able to come too! We seriously had soooo much fun all hanging out together!!! One day a woman working at one of the tourist things we went to stopped to check me for Swine Flu because I looked very hot....and i thought to myselft, it's the equator, of course I look/am hot haha but it was so fun to all be together going out for dinner, coffee, touring the city, going to the night zoo, seeing a live dancing fire show, working out, botanical gardens, and many awesome chats and laughs with some of my favorite people in the world. Ever since i was little my dad told me he would take me on a special father daughter trip to a fun, tropical place when I graduated college...well, this trip certainly exceeded my expectations! I am so lucky to have such a supportive dad who took time out of HIS work schedule to come hang out with some American English teachers abroad :) Thanks dad!!!
So, that's it for my traveling for the rest of my time. Except, I am going to climb Mt. Fuji in Japan over Fourth of July weekend. I have really wanted to do this since before I moved to Korea so Katie and her friend from work and possibly Meghan will come from Thailand to climb with us. We are going to climb the mountain at night (it takes like 10 hrs + so that we can see the sun rise...a lot of climbers do this). There is very limited time the mountain is open to non-experienced climbers (just June, July, and August) so we are just flying in for the weekend just so we can do this...can't wait!!
And then it will be time to come back home!!! I'm very excited that I'm in the final stretch here in Asia...I can't believe it has been 9 months already! There have been some good days and some rather long days but it was a great way to spend this year of my life...but I will be ready for a breather after all the craziness of work, traveling, two jobs, lost in translation experiences, and weird Asian adventures that this year has entailed!
Love you all and I will keep you updated!! Thanks again for reading you are the best!!!
Daddy, I tried calling you back tonight but I think you were out at dinner and working out...how are the pups?
Mommy, let's have a fun cooking session in the new kitchen as soon as i get home...miss you!!!!!!
Johnny, thanks for the preakness message...keep working hard! did you get my text today???
Sil, congrats on the Naval Academy, Finale, and all the other end of year activities..can't wait to see how handsome you look in your military uniform!!!
Natalie, labor day partyyyyy!!! get ready!!!!! enjoy the hunt ;)
Grandma, Papa, and Papa - Sorry I have not called recently but my new schedule is a little hard to add phone calls into but I will try calling you all tomorrow night!!!!
xoxoxoxxo
Reen
We had a school picnic at Olympic Park...there were sooooo many teenagers just screaming and running around that day.
A nice Saturday afternoon with green tea...summer is almost here!!!
This is the Formula 1 racetrack that goes all around Singapore...very cool
I heart this picture.
My favorite father/daughter picture of all time!
These fire dancer guys drank so much keroseane it was disgusting! I hope they don't have too many harmful effects from this!
I had fun doing some yoga around Singapore :)
Intense!!!
A soccer stadium in the middle of the water...soooo cool!!
That's Indonesia in the distance...so you are looking at land south of the equator woooo
enjoying our hotel pool...i loved that concrete slab in the middle of the water
Singapore has some intesne rules!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment