According to my students.....

According to my students, my hair looks like jajangmyeon (noodles with black sauce - quite tasty).

I have a student who, every time he sees me, points, makes a slurping sound, and says, "Teacha!  Hair look jajangmyeon." (Teacher, your hair looks like jajangmyeon.)

Below are pictures of jajangmyeon and my hair.  I guess I can see a similarity....maybe?!

In my after-school class of 10 students, I asked them what they wanted to do/discuss in class.  They wanted to learn American culture.  "Culture" is such a broad term, so I decided that we would just have a round-table discussion.  It worked out way better than I thought it would.  They had so many questions that I think we could spend at least another 4-5 classes just discussing American culture.  Here are some of the things we talked about.

We mostly talked about schools in America.  Some of the statements/questions that stood out:

--"Schools are easier in the U.S."

--"Do students bring guns to school?"

--"Are there gay people in the U.S.?"  They then wanted to know if I knew any gay people.  I said that I did.  They nearly fell over in their chairs.  When I said that a few of my friends were gay, they pretty much died.

--"Are the bathrooms clean in the U.S.?"  I asked what they meant by that.  They said that there are bugs and mosquitoes in the bathrooms in Korea.  I told them that most schools in the U.S. have air condition in the bathrooms and the hallways (uncommon in South Korea) so the windows aren't open.  They couldn't believe it!

--"Are school lunches in the U.S. delicious?"  "Do you eat a lot of noodles for lunch?"

I am definitely looking forward to our next round-table discussion!