I'm not unemployed anymore - I actually have a very fabulous job as a preschool teacher with the University of Michigan child care centers. But I'm still posting, albeit a little more irregularly, and I don't want to ignore the personal progress I've made since starting this blog by renaming it.

Blog inspiration: I read 48 States in 48 Days by Paul Jury in the summer of 2011. It was fabulous...although he planned way less for his roadtrip than I would have. And at the same time, my lovely Anna was constantly reminding me that our lives were awesome, despite the fact that we didn't have job prospects, new cars, boyfriends/husbands, houses, etc., like so many people we knew. So, in an effort to appreciate my life and the crazy uncertainty that it is, I started writing this blog about the little adventures I have. (And by "writing a blog," I mean "making a list" because I make lists, not narratives.) Even if there isn't a BIG adventure that happens every day, I try to find at least one thing to list :)

Thursday, March 15, 2012

I Need A Break But I'd Rather Have A Breakthrough

  • Ji Hyeon and I FINALLY had a breakthrough with our 2nd graders! The regular 2nd grade  teacher approached us in the hall and told us that 1) she had punished the student who gave me hell yesterday and 2) that we could send any 2nd graders who misbehave  in our class back to her class and she would deal with them. So when they arrived in our classroom, we split the 11 of them into 2 teams. If anyone on the team misbehaved, then the team got an X on the board. If the team acquired 3 Xs, then the whole team would go to the homeroom teacher's room. If the team received no Xs during the class period, then each person would receive 2 stickers. Ji Hyeon repeated the directions in Korean (the kids were surprised - we've only used English up until now - but they were able to ask questions and understand more fully this way). It worked like a charm. They didn't get any Xs (whenever I threatened, the specific kid would shake his or her head and focus/be quiet) and so everyone got 2 stickers. I hope this still works tomorrow! Also, the crazy child was really good and I think he even apologized to me, but it was in Korean, so I'm not sure.
  • After school, Ji Hyeon and I went downtown to buy a phone...but I couldn't get a contract :( So we went looking for a bookstore and street food instead :)
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