A few quick stories about the girls...

One of my favorite moments in class so far:

This week's lesson with the second year students has been about story telling.  I was specifically practicing using the words first, next or then and finally or last with them when telling stories.  I would put up a picture of a scene from a Disney movie and they were supposed to tell me a story about the characters in the picture.  For each picture, they would tell me a three part story.  One girl would tell me the first part, then pick a new girl and she would tell me the second part, and so on.  Some of the girls took this in a very black and white context and told me only what they could see happening in the picture and other girls made things up.  For this particular story, the picture was of Cinderella dancing with Prince Charming:
Girl 1: First, they are dancing.
Girl 2: Then they go home.
Noelle Teacher: Do they go home together or apart?
Girl 2: Oh, together!
Whole class of boy-obsessed teenage girls: giggle, giggle, sex, giggle, sex, sex, giggle, giggle
(At this point, I was gearing up for a pretty juicy ending to the story, and I have to admit I was more than a little curious to see what they would say because I don't think I've been around long enough for them to know how I would react if they said anything they think I might find offensive or inappropriate.)
Girl 3: Last, they (long pause) eat dinner.
Whole class: giggle, giggle, giggle, some slapping each others' arms or the table.

While we were grocery shopping at E-Mart, we saw two different groups of our students.  They are always really quick to rush up and say hello to us but once we try to continue the conversation with small talk, they always get confused and walk away.  This also happened Friday night, only on Friday night, their school uniform skirts were considerably shorter and they had adorned make-up, which they are not allowed to wear at school.  I think I had forgotten what it is like to be a teenage girl.  They kill me.

Lastly, I got another card in the mail today from a good friend from high school, Andrea.  (Thanks sooo much!)  Before Korea, I think I had forgotten the absolute charm and excitement of receiving handwritten mail!  This one took about 10 days as well, so if you send anything in an envelope by regular post, expect that I will receive it in about 10 days' time.