My English classroom

For hours, I sit next to the door at my desk, lesson planning or reading.
The rest of the time I am walking around, checking, helping, and singing with the kids.
Other  I am at the large, interactive, touch screen TV heading the class.

The kids don't all have Samsung tablets or computers on their desks.  I haven't even been with my class to the computer lab to use them.  There are two computers and those are for the teachers. Wi-fi? Hmm, not for us and the students.

Not all the rooms nor all the English classrooms have these high-tech TVs.
They told us all the rooms would have them BUT we know what ends up happening.
Oh, you don't know?!
Well, sometimes, money allocated for the English department is moved around for something the principal and other teachers see better fit.   I have no proof, but I have a hunch.
Doesn't matter to me. I am just here to relax from the hours of 8:30-4:30, Monday to Friday.
It is the best job.
My only complaint is that they hired us not knowing Korean!  Sure, some people are fluent or become close to it.  How are we supposed to teach kids English without knowing their language!
Sure, we teach with another teacher that can communicate between the students and for me....but...sometimes that isn't possible or the teacher's (low) English level doesn't help.
This isn't my situation because my co-teacher's English is awesome.
Big difference from year one and year two. I try to use as much Korean when helping my students.  I speak as much English as possible during the lesson and presentation but when when they ask me something in Korean or we are defining the word, I know more of what they are saying.
I don't study enough Korean.  I am not saying I hate learning Korean but it hasn't been my favorite thing about Korea.  The alphabet is the coolest thing to learn and be able to read.  I just don't know what I am reading.

I think each school is designed the same way.  Almost like an "H."  There are windows on two sides of the classroom. They one set opens to the outside and the other to the hallway.  Most schools are usually two-five floors.  Winter and summer are the worse-sooo cold or tooo hot.  They try to save energy and don't turn on the AC or heat until people are icicles or passing out.  They have a playground and a soccer field. My school is super high class, as it has a turf grass and not sand! The playground also has this no-hurt-if-you-fall material. More about the school some other time. This post is titled "My English classroom."