I don't think I am a monster. My students don't think they are monsters. Separately, we both think the other is a monster. Communicating by blog feels safer than being trapped together in a room!
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Sunday, 5 October 2014
Friday, 23 December 2011
To Do lists
This camp begins as the year 2011 ends. At such a time, it is traditional to look back on the past year and to plan ahead for the new one. I would like to hear a bit of both from my students and this seems an excellent way for students to introduce themselves.
First, as I think they are interesting, here are To Do lists from Leonardo daVinci and Woody Guthrie (and Wikipedia links: daVinci, Guthrie).
Guthrie:
daVinci:
Writing about your past and your plans for the future can be personal and I remind you that your classmates are expected to read your blog. Because I am asking for personal information, I feel I should tell you about my experiences in 2011 and some of my plans for this camp and 2012.
In early 2011, my son and I went to Ontario, Canada for a month. We loved our time there: skiing, skating and tobogganing. One month of a cold, Canadian winter out of five years is great; five months every year might not be.
One thing I loved doing in 2011 was volunteer swim coaching. I helped ten elementary school students learn to swim and we all had fun.
My classes at university in semesters one and two were good but I saw ways to improve them. To be honest, the weakest part of my teaching was in the blogging requirement for my second year students. They told me they forgot despite my frequent reminders. I am uncertain why so few did their blogging homework. Please, if you dislike blogging at camp, tell me why. I will not be angry but grateful.
My summer in Busan was not exciting. I much prefer Gangwon's beaches and attractions.
I would say I was lazy through 2011 and need to work harder in 2012. Here are some of my plans for the new year:
I studied Korean seriously when I first arrived but lost interest. I should speak more. In 2012, I will work to learn a few new words every day and also a few sentences and phrases. One problem I have is that my parents-in-law speak Korean in Gyeongsang dialect. A pillow is a 비개, and a sock is a 양발 to my mother-in-law.
I enjoy wood carving and when I do it, time flies by. When I stop, I feel no urge to start again and I don't know why. Maybe it is because I cut my finger so often!
My son and I have been working on a mural covering one wall of his toyroom. We should finish it soon.
I don't think the other points are all that interesting but I want to read yours. Get to Work!
First, as I think they are interesting, here are To Do lists from Leonardo daVinci and Woody Guthrie (and Wikipedia links: daVinci, Guthrie).
Guthrie:
Writing about your past and your plans for the future can be personal and I remind you that your classmates are expected to read your blog. Because I am asking for personal information, I feel I should tell you about my experiences in 2011 and some of my plans for this camp and 2012.
In early 2011, my son and I went to Ontario, Canada for a month. We loved our time there: skiing, skating and tobogganing. One month of a cold, Canadian winter out of five years is great; five months every year might not be.
One thing I loved doing in 2011 was volunteer swim coaching. I helped ten elementary school students learn to swim and we all had fun.
My classes at university in semesters one and two were good but I saw ways to improve them. To be honest, the weakest part of my teaching was in the blogging requirement for my second year students. They told me they forgot despite my frequent reminders. I am uncertain why so few did their blogging homework. Please, if you dislike blogging at camp, tell me why. I will not be angry but grateful.
My summer in Busan was not exciting. I much prefer Gangwon's beaches and attractions.
I would say I was lazy through 2011 and need to work harder in 2012. Here are some of my plans for the new year:
- speak more Korean
- Do more wood carving
- Draw more pictures with my son, help him with math and reading and teach him to swim
- ride my bike to school and exercise more.
- prepare meals at home and take them to work.
- Look for ways to earn more money.
I studied Korean seriously when I first arrived but lost interest. I should speak more. In 2012, I will work to learn a few new words every day and also a few sentences and phrases. One problem I have is that my parents-in-law speak Korean in Gyeongsang dialect. A pillow is a 비개, and a sock is a 양발 to my mother-in-law.
I enjoy wood carving and when I do it, time flies by. When I stop, I feel no urge to start again and I don't know why. Maybe it is because I cut my finger so often!
My son and I have been working on a mural covering one wall of his toyroom. We should finish it soon.
I don't think the other points are all that interesting but I want to read yours. Get to Work!
Monday, 25 July 2011
links and pieces
Again, it is a symbol of peace or war? Can a land where humans literally fear to tread due to land-mines ever be accepted as a positive?
The DMZ has given South Korea fifty years of prosperity and stability; at the same time it has kept the North Korean people out-of-sight and recently (without Russian aid) suffering greatly. The DMZ has given us four kilometres of distance and curtaining so we can't see what is happening, but we are getting reports that beyond the DMZ is a hell-hole and Kim Jong-il is probably thrilled that we are looking at the DMZ and thinking about the DMZ and not beyond it.
The DMZ is a pretty bandaid hiding a hideous wound and we are admiring the bandaid.
The DMZ is a beautiful place and you should go and see it. I wish it were as endangered as the animals it protects. See it, but look around and see more than it. It is a symbol of deliberate, selective blindness.
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silly at work
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government, internet and foreigners
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side walks in Gangneung
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Not me:
water bottle in roof- Philipines
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Bad Student
The DMZ has given South Korea fifty years of prosperity and stability; at the same time it has kept the North Korean people out-of-sight and recently (without Russian aid) suffering greatly. The DMZ has given us four kilometres of distance and curtaining so we can't see what is happening, but we are getting reports that beyond the DMZ is a hell-hole and Kim Jong-il is probably thrilled that we are looking at the DMZ and thinking about the DMZ and not beyond it.
The DMZ is a pretty bandaid hiding a hideous wound and we are admiring the bandaid.
The DMZ is a beautiful place and you should go and see it. I wish it were as endangered as the animals it protects. See it, but look around and see more than it. It is a symbol of deliberate, selective blindness.
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silly at work
--------------------------------
government, internet and foreigners
---------------------------------
side walks in Gangneung
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Not me:
water bottle in roof- Philipines
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Bad Student
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