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february 28th was the end of the school year...this class photo is of my oldest students, (korean 8 year olds, they're only 6 the way the rest of the world counts)...they start elementary school, first grade on 2 march...

i was absolutely freezing, as you can probably tell...the building behind us is the seoul civil preparation something or another...the kids learned what to do in case of an earthquake, what typhoon force winds feel like, etc...you've probably noticed the open doors behind us? yup, those were open the whole time we were in the building...no wonder i was frozen!! this was the middle of january, it was NOT spring weather...anywho...

 these are my youngest students...i'll be teaching them for a little while longer, maybe a month? these photos are from the january theme day, called polar adventure...the kids learned about animals that live in polar climates (for whateva reason, the school chose polar bears and penguins, which of course live nowhere near each other, but that's beside the point)...

 they also learned about the proper clothing to wear during cold and warm weather...well, they actually already know this stuff, but it was fun for them (and me!) to have activities to reinforce the knowledge...the kids in these photos are only 3 years old:)...

part of theme day for the kids was to wear gloves/hats/scarves/etc in school...i don't know how they did it, i was roasting just from wearing my normal clothes...on the other hand, i was moving around a whole lot more than they were...now that these kids have moved up to 5 year old (korean age that is,) classes, it'll be interesting to see how they do...they won't have an assistant teacher in the classroom at all times anymore...