changes

Ok I lied... This will be a novel...
So things at work have been nuts since I stopped posting the first time. My boss implemented a homework policy meaning we have to create over 28 worksheets each week and also make tests and quizzes and grade all these things. The other foreign teacher became dreadfully ill and everyone was up in arms on her behalf because the bosses would not let her miss work even though she had a high fever and coughing and sneezing and general misery times 1000. Meanwhile I am traveling to Seoul every weekend to attend church which I love! And I have just been given the responsibility and joy of teaching a children's Sunday school class in English. I went on an AMAZING weekend trip which I halfway blogged about. So back at work every one is angry and the other foreign teacher is just starting to recover. I teach my first and second sunday school class and go to my first movie in Korea (2012). Then everyone started fighting. Several of the kids caught swine flu and we closed the school for a week but we still had to come. My two korean co-workers got screamed at for no reason and gave notice, my boss threw a phone across the room, and my other boss smashed a window with his hand. Then things got more tense as my korean co-workers got royally screwed over by both bosses, ending up having basically worked the entire last month for free. Then a Christmas pageant was created and our lives began to revolve around Christmas speeches, songs, dances, and plays. Then they changed the entire schedule cutting out all phonics and learning to focus entirely on the Christmas pageant... While the bosses and the korean co-teachers continued to rage at one another and new teachers began to parade through the office... Leaving me nicely caught in the crossfire. A week ago I was ready to quit.... Then something inexplicable changed (I have no idea what) I am now blithely going to work each day in a relatively happy mood. (It might have something to do with Christmas being so near) The co-teachers are leaving tomorrow... and we are having subs till the new teachers start on the 21st... my five year olds have memorized their lines... almost... and I can now speak in sentences in Korean! My Sunday school class is going very well. And I love my church! The new teachers seem to be very nice. My boss even seems to be fairly decent. My sisters are coming to visit me in a few weeks and I am so excited!! In short everything is changing in a few weeks and we shall have to see if they end up being good changes or bad changes. I miss everyone! Merry Christmas! Skype me!
Lauren the Adventurer