Friday, June 20, 2008
Little Joys
Yesterday while grading homework in class, my student sitting next to me, sweet, soft-spoken Emily, grabbed my hand and said, "Teacher look." She pointed to the scar on my left wrist, my high school battle wound from Olympic Steakhouse that serves as a reminder that I couldn't spend four years in the establishment and leave unscathed. Emily smiled brightly as she put her little wrist next to mine, and proudly displayed an identical scar. "Same," she said with eyes filled with wonder and adoration. In that split second we were kindred spirits and nothing else in the world mattered except that we were connected by our small, secret bond.
Another snapshot moment that I'm going to take with me when I leave Korea.
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Awwww<3
cutie mccutersons. do all korean kiddies come up with english names for class?
in español, mine was josephina. did you have one?
i like playing with dead chickens. buahaha.
at most hagwons, the kids have english names. some gems have been: daria, gilbert, mabel...
however, at tara's school the kids don't have english names, so she has to learn all of their korean names!
hahaha, i loved studying spanish in memorial. you know, espanol and the library was what started our friendship. snort snort. as the posters state: "great minds meet in the library."
my spanish name was isabel.
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