A Day In The Life

As time goes on, you get a little more comfortable with your surroundings. I've managed to get a good handle on my job to a point where I know what I'm doing, allowing me to be more carefree. This week at work I started sketching during some down time and one thing lead to another. The end result was a cartoon of a typical day in class. It shows a teacher in a Korean classroom where the students are shouting the things that they yell every time you see them.


Allow me to give a little explanation to the quotes that you're reading on the image. My students constantly call me fat, not enough to break my self esteem though. They love blue eyes and it always impresses them when I open my eyes real wide. I think they believe anyone that doesn't have black hair and black eyes is handsome. Or when I announce a homework assignment they'll shout that I'm handsome to try and get out of it, it doesn't work. The kids always want to play games and they'll let you know during the whole class. 진짜 (pronounced chin-cha) translates to "really?", picture yourself saying it in a disappointed fashion. Whenever students are done with an in class assignment they will get your attention by saying "finish-ie", always with the "ie" sound at the end of it, I make fun of them because of it. Their hobbies or anything they do that is entertaining is never just "fun" it's always "funny" and the younger students apparently hope everyday is sunny. All students have cellphones equipped with a dictionary for all those tough words to figure out, they always ask before using them. Daily Bridge is a detention for the misbehaved students, I would threaten them with this by writing their names on the board, after two checks you're staying late. 김 아담 (pronounced kim ah-dahm) translates to "kim adam", my giving Korean name from some students and I'm delicious. Also, I'm constantly teaching kids how to write essays, they'll get it one day.