19 September 2010

Thursday was "Sports Day" at the school. In Indiana, we called it "Field Day". There were no classes and the students spent the day in various competitions: track, dancing, and other activities. It is much more of a big deal than when I was in school.

(Left) Grace and Lupina.
(Right) In the striped shirt is Seon-shim, another school friend, who teaches Special-Ed. She did the announcing for the competitions.









The kindergarten children did a dance and were really cute. Unfortunately, all the parents were in the way, so my video didn't turn out well.



























The principal treated all the teachers to dinner at a local restaurant. While I was aware of the practice, I wasn't expecting it when the hostess dropped a live octopus into our boiling soup pot. Watching it writhe and eventually die in front of me was a new experience. Then the hostess returned with a pair of scissors and cut it up into bite-sized pieces. The soup was delicious.