Courtney in Korea: Day 1 highlights and My apartment

First full day in Seoul was a success. There is another new teacher who arrived one day before me so it was nice having someone go through the crazy first day process with me. This morning I was greeted by Lauren, the new teacher, and Taryn, one of the more experienced teachers. We met up with other teachers in the lobby and walked to work together. It was really nice to hear that they all walk to work together everyday. They were pointing out landmarks on the way, however, everything is written in Korean for the most part so nothing really stuck with me.

Interesting parts of day 1 was getting poked and prodded at the hospital. We had health tests done so we can get our resident cards. Blood test, eye test, hearing, X-rays, blood pressure, and a heart rate test which left me feeling slightly violated, but whatever, when in Korea I suppose! We were required to fast before the tests so needless to say I was ravenous by noon! Had to eat soup with chop sticks at lunch...not the easiest thing in the world.

We were then allowed to go back to our apts. to rest before observations (my school is a Hagwon: Private school, so the work hours are from 1-9pm). Jet lag set in though so getting back up to observe at 6 was a struggle.

Brief overview of the school...It seems really great :) The class sizes range from 6 students to 10 students. The students are very high achieving and work at a fast pace. They are very respectful and want to learn. I just hope I can keep up with them once I'm given classes!

The other teachers seem very helpful and friendly so far! We got dinner after work with a girl who has lived in Korea for 5 years already so she kind of blew me away with her Korean know how. *Korean goals!* Tried Gimbop for the first time...so good!

Now to please so family and friends who have been asking, here are some pictures of my apartment. I've only liked in it for about 30 hours so its pretty plane looking right now.