“Thank You Teacher…”

Wednesday was Teacher Day in Korea. On Teacher Day in the States I usually got coffee mugs. American children must think teachers consume an inordinate amount of coffee. Which they probably would, except trips to the bathroom are a rare luxury, therefore fluids are usually avoided during the work day.

The children here are amazingly resourceful. A team of children “interviewed” individual teachers to find out what *other* teachers liked. They then disseminated this information among the students. As a result, Chanta received many bars of chocolate. She was happy. I received several arrangements of flowers. I was very happy. All the men teachers received socks. I think maybe there was a breakdown in communication somewhere…