Amanda Takes Off...

Germany photos are up.

I am moving to Korea in approximately a month. I will be teaching English in a city right outside of Seoul.

I took the job Sunday and am now working through international red tape.

The *thunk* you just heard is my head hitting the table.

When I told my students, one boy (the same who yelled, "Cool! Ms. S's going to Germany!") yelled, "Gosh! Our teacher is so cool! Nobody else's teacher is going to Korea!" Another student said, "You're going to South Korea, right, because North Korea is still...uh, uh, communist, right?"

I was feeling very pleased that the students remembered this until one said, "Where's Korea?" and another responded, "Africa." I threw my hands up in the air and another student said, "NO! It's in Asia! Remember? We learned about Korea and Japan at that airplane place [CAF hangar for a field trip] and China and the USSR were all communist after World War II. Like East Germany."

At least one of them listened during the year.

For family and friends who don't want to admit that they don't know where Korea is... Here is a map.