Have Another

The other night, I had a student walk in late to class. Well, actually he stumbled in an hour late and ran into my desk where he knocked everything over. His face was bright red and his eyes were watery. He was SMASHED!!!

He is normally one of my best students in my Intermediate Business class. He is in his 40s and always wears a suit to class.

The other students were laughing at his pathetic state. He then decided he wanted to make a speech and stood up in front of the classroom to explain his company and their products. He stumbled over his words but his English was surprisingly good considering his situation. Ten minutes later, he took a seat and was ready for me to continue class. The rest of class was still laughing and making fun of him. As I attempted to continue class, he continued to giggle at everything I said. I don't think most teachers have to deal with this problem.

Wedding Bells

We attended our first Korean wedding. It started somewhat normal with the groom in a suit and then the bride in a big white dress walking down the aisle. After that, it became interesting. No one in the audience really paid attention to what was going on. There were lots of conversations going on and people walking around and walking in and out of the room. The groom read a poem that he wrote and then the parents gave them advice. A lady kept going up to the bride to pat her forehead but the bride kept turning her head away and looked pissed off about it. There wasn't a minister but there was a guy with a microphone to the side. Then there was some live music. Afterwards, the guy with microphone told the groom to kiss the bride. The bride refused the kiss and then they were married. We were ushered into a big cafeteria with tons of food and beer (It was 11am). The bride and the groom changed into their traditional clothes, han bok, and greeted their guests while we ate. By noon, everything was over and it was time to leave.

My best friend, Megan, is getting married in 3 months in the U.S. I think I'll enjoy that wedding A LOT more.

Yeah . . . I'm going to need you to go ahead and come in on Saturday

I felt like Peter in Office Space this week. I had this horrible feeling all week that my director was going to tell me I have to work Saturdays this month. So I tried to avoid him all week and spend as little time near him as possible. I thought it was working until I walked into work on Friday afternoon and my name was on the Saturday schedule. Apparently, no speaking was required.

I keep telling him to hire more business teachers but maybe the English isn't translating well.