Today we sent our Korean Kids home. So I'm writing this post to commemorate our year, share some last photos and to publish their success. I am so proud of them.
The year was full of adventure. I wish you could've seen them on those first couple weeks of school, as they learned their teachers' names, learned not to bow to everyone, got rid of the skinnier-than-spandex denim, and became ridiculously successful. They were so little!
Around Christmastime, they were pretty much integrated. They had their American friends, they hung out at sporting events with us, had discovered the wonder of being funny in English, and began to teach us.
My Spanish tests were covered in Korean characters, I was being tutored in Korean in the hallways, and "gong gi" (that jacks game we're all obsessed with) was the most commonly confiscated item in class.
Justin Jun went home in December, it was a reality check for myself. A part of me had kind of forgotten that this was temporary... I miss him and our tutoring sessions very much. He was the best Korean teacher I ever had, minus one 9th grader who took me under his wing to correct my hopelessly American accent.
Spring Semester was a race to the finish. I feel like it was January yesterday, I have been on a roller-coaster since. So please imagine a blur of activity... including concerts, papers, exams, baseball games, soccer practices, Spring Break, and a strange addiction to Korean Soap Operas.
Yesterday was the Awards Ceremony. Sit up a little straighter and be ready to applaud. Our ACE camp babies turned into young men and women, earning outstanding grades, and several academic achievement awards!! YAY!
