At the end of last semester my head teacher and I took our 25 best students on a trip to the local bowling alley and then to an early dinner. Most of the kids had never bowled before, or been on a field trip with two Americans (neither of whom can bowl particularly well). It was a pretty hilarious afternoon. Cheers and cell phone pictures after one of our better students avoided the gutters.
Getting the 6th grade girls excited about bowling wasn't impossible. Getting most of them to play with the boys was.
Becky offering guidance of a sort.
Eventually we lost the girls' attention to their cell phones, most of which get live TV.
A big BBQ dinner afterward. It was a lot of fun to let these young kids work the grills, jobs we were sure their parents usually handled (not unjustifiably).
At the end of last semester my head teacher and I took our 25 best students on a trip to the local bowling alley and then to an early dinner. Most of the kids had never bowled before, or been on a field trip with two Americans (neither of whom can bowl particularly well). It was a pretty hilarious afternoon. Cheers and cell phone pictures after one of our better students avoided the gutters. 
Getting the 6th grade girls excited about bowling wasn't impossible. Getting most of them to play with the boys was. 
Becky offering guidance of a sort. 
Eventually we lost the girls' attention to their cell phones, most of which get live TV. 
A big BBQ dinner afterward. It was a lot of fun to let these young kids work the grills, jobs we were sure their parents usually handled (not unjustifiably). 
Looks like a fun day! Thanks so much for this blog , I have been struggling to find first hand info on teaching in South Korea until now. Shot a lot!
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