Week Two

Week two was a good week. I had started to feel comfortable in my role and a second language teacher.



My students seemed like they too were being to feel comfortable with me and trust me. It was a great feeling. I was starting to see a different part of Korean culture. All the students had the right amount of enthusiasm. They all wanted to learn and seemed so excited to see each intern every day. Being welcomed every time we saw a group of students with a massive 'hello teacher" was amazing. The respect (most) of the students had towards me and the fellow interns was so different to my own culture.



I've never seen such respect for teachers or elders before. It is something that my students explained to me, it was all about traditions. It has always been that way in Korea and it was not changing anytime soon. It is a part of Korean culture that I liked. Too many teenagers in western culture are so unmotivated, no disrespectful. It was refreshing to see teenagers and university students with the utmost respect for us interns straight away, even though we to were mere students back in NZ.


The second week went so quickly but i definatley learnt about the hard-working nature of the Korean people and the respect instantly given to anyone with a little more power then their own.