The last two days, we've been having a sort of parent-teacher conference thing, in the hours before school (1-4 roughly). So, extra hours, as a consequence. And, of course, anytime the parents wanted to talk to me, it ends up having to be translated. Yesterday, only one parent wanted to talk to me, and I felt like I was just a token Foreign Teacher to sit there and look useful. Today, Keith was my translator, and I actually talked with quite a few mothers – it's all mothers, as the Korean family is still much more traditional than in North America.
It was entertaining to try to guess who was whose mother – I didn't always get it right. But now I feel very tired.