Katelyn and Gregory Haskins find their way through—and around—the world
So Greg and I haven’t yet recovered from jet lag and according to some of the other teachers, it will take a few weeks to completely shake off the effects of crossing the dateline. But this is our first weekend in Suji and we plan on taking full advantage of it to get our bearings.
We haven’t gotten a chance to travel very far (read: more than 3 blocks between home and work), but we’ve taken a few shots of the streets around our apartment as well as some photos of the outside of our school. We live in an area of Yongin called Suji and we’re sure it has everything we could ever want from a decent size city…if only we could read the signs. See for yourself: Read on
We’ve posted some photos of our apartment in Yongin. More photos of the city and our school to come soon 
So we had our first full day at KoC today, and I got a real taste of what having my own classroom will be like. It’s been a little frustrating trying to get adjusted and start planning lessons. Nothing is really laid out simply for us and we’ve had to do a lot of digging to figure out where the last teacher left off. For example, we have been given a packet of information with a monthly lesson plan guideline ( a map of what should be completed each month, compiled by the teacher’s assistants) as well as this week’s lesson plan (completed by the teachers), but when I sat down today and compared the two, I discovered that my kids seem to be at least a month ( probably more) behind.
Today was the first time we went to work at Kids On Campus, which looks like it’s a great situation. The school is modern, clean, and very nice looking, and the kids are beyond cute. We’ll each be getting our own class of kindergartners (and our own classroom) starting next Monday, so we’ll have this week to learn names and get up to speed on our teaching responsibilities. The kindergartners will come every day to the same class all year round, while the older students rotate between teachers each afternoon, so we’ll only see them a couple times a week. The teachers and administrators we’ve met have all been great and very willing to help, which is good because we’re going to need it.
