Today is Halloween. It wasn't the big deal it was at the Tomorrow School last year, when we had two days of activities and parties and special events for the kids. And I got to do face painting, since, somehow someone decided I was the "artistic one" among the foreigners.
No, at LBridge it was just another day, but with a large amount of candy in circulation, and some of the staff had orange plastic pumpkins. And one boy, Jin, brought a plastic scythe to class… like the kind a grim reaper might use. But I'm not sure he was going with the principle of Halloween specifically, or whether it was more of just a general mayhem type thing. Of course, the same doubts might be harbored with respect to how US residents approach it.
Yesterday I saw a former LF student in the stairway, and he seemed overjoyed to see me. I guess he's abandoned whatever other activity or hagwon he'd been involved in and is starting at LBridge. I don't think I'll have him in any class, though.
I'm trying to write a longer composition, which includes arguments about why I'm feeling so compelled to stick this thing out, despite the problems. When I get enough written, I'll put it up here. Tentative title: "My Korean Childhood."