This blog has been embarrassingly devoid of posting lately. I had a demo class last week which kept me very busy and was very scary. I had to do a lesson in front of a bunch of other teachers from my district who assessed my teaching ability.
The assessment was funny, though. Sometimes you feel like you might be getting discussed in a foreign language and its uncomfortable. It's much more so when you know you're being discussed. Usually when my korean colleagues talk about things in Korean, I just smile and try to look pretty without letting my eyes glaze over too obviously. I wasn't sure if this would be the appropriate response when a bunch of women were possibly telling me how awful I am.
The good news is that I'm apparently not awful. Although, I think this is mostly thanks to Kyeong. Our principal was happy though, so he took the entire English department out to shabu-shabu.
If you have never had shabu-shabu, that is very tragic because it is delicious. You get platters and platters of meat and a huge pot filled with broth to cook it at. We got the seafood and beef combo. I ate fish intestines! Surprisingly, pretty good. After you cook all your food, the server uses what's left of your broth to make jook (rice porridge), which is pretty much my favorite thing ever.
Excellent! I would have just called it "Korean hot pot," since I've had Chinese hot pot and have had Japanese Shabu Shabu. There's really good place in Mountain View that does Japanese Shabu Shabu.
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i would like to see that evaluation session and the food!
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