School Pictures

Daniel and I had a nice weekend, but, as usual, it passed too quickly. On Saturday evening, we went to the band teacher's apartment for wine and cheese, which was lovely, and then went with her and another teacher to Itaewon, the "American" part of Seoul (next to the army base). When we left the metro station, it felt like we were no longer in Korea--there were signs that I could read and people speaking a language I could understand. :) Daniel met up with five other male teachers and the three of us ladies met up with three other female teachers for our respective guys' and girls' nights. It was a lot of fun! The girls went to an Italian restaurant for dinner and a Belgian restaurant for drinks, and the guys went bar-hopping. There were so many ethnic restaurants in Itaewon (including a couple of Turkish kebab places), so I'm looking forward to going back! But the atmosphere there (especially in the crowded bar where we met up with the guys) was a little weird--it reminded me of college parties. When we returned to school today, we discovered that H1N1 is a big threat right now. One 7th grader was diagnosed with the flu, so his sister (one of my students) is also quarantined for the week; if they have two more cases of H1N1 within a seven day period, the school will need to close for the week. At school this morning, they checked everyone's (including the teachers') temperatures with ear thermometers and encouraged everyone to use hand sanitizer. If school closes, we still have to assign homework--my students were most seriously displeased. :) Here are some pictures that I took at APIS this afternoon:


The back of Daniel's classroom.


The front of Daniel's classroom.


The back of my classroom.


The front of my classroom.


From another angle.


One of the school buses.


The school (Daniel and I are on the 4th floor).