If you tried to follow along at home and translate the letter I shared, great!  If not, then file it away in your "come back to sometime" folder and take another crack at it! Today I read it to my 6th grade students.  It was a little emotional the first time, but I manged to get though the other readings without too much trouble.  Then we played Twister! Anyway, here is the English translation of my letter: Dear 6th grade students, It is almost summer vacation. You are really looking forward to it, aren’t you? Today is our last class together. I have some things I want to say, so I wrote this letter. I came to Korean in August of 2006 when you were in the 4th grade. Before that I had never lived in a foreign country so my... Show more

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If hope you can wait another week or so for an orphan story. Since Thursday was Teacher's Day (스승의날) I thought I'd share a little bit about that, since I am currently teaching in a Korean school. 스승 is kind of a fancy word or "teacher" but it means the same thing as "선생님" with some more nuance of "mentor" or "master." Anyway, that's what they use to name the day. Traditionally, it was a holiday and schools were closed, but sometime in the past few years that changed....oh well! Students typically give carnations and a letter to their teachers. I am sort of a novelty at my school, and for a variety of reasons never know what to expect on a day like 스승의날. Since I am not a homeroom teacher, there is virtually zero obligation for... Show more