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One of the ‘bell ring’ activities I use when teaching middle school students (a ‘bell ring’ activity is something that you start the class with, which lasts three of four minutes to get the students prepared to go through the lesson…), is to have them teach me one Korean word every week. This last week, they taught me the name of their school (I teach at two schools…). So, I thought I could pass along some of my newfound expertise in Korean!
On Mondays, Thursday and Fridays I teach at the 김 제 중 학 교 (Gimje Joong Hak Kyo (the boys school)), and on Tuesdays and Wednesdays I teach at the 금 성 여 자 중 학 교 Geumseong YeoJa Joong Hak Kyo, this is the Morning Star Girls Middle School. Since the Morning Star is the planet Venus, the name relates to women, but since this is a private Christian school, I always found the name relating to a Roman goddess of beauty to be a bit ironic…