This week in being busy and excuses

You hear it all the time. You hear it as an excuse and you hear it tossed around by people who really are not, but rest assured everyone, that when I say this week, no this month is incredibly, it is not an understatement in the least.

Of course, I'm not complaining, my school is keeping my busy but with actual work that will have an actual impact on the students and staff. Despite the language barrier, I have become a almost full-functioning member of my school staff. I make the tests, decide the criteria and am even in charge of giving them a final grade along with my usual responsibilities teaching classes. It's a lot to juggle and I partially blame the fact that I am in a high school where exams, exams and more exams are right around the corner. I also blame the fact that my school is a private school where high test scores take a high priority over everything else.

Again, I don't mind. It's nice to feel like I'm a part of the school and my input is important enough to be considered valid. I hear stories of many teachers being little more than glorified Mp3 players and simply regurgitate information from the book given to them. Here's a tip to some new teachers interested in teaching in Korea, if you're sent to a high school, prepare to work hard.

My other life, my writing life has also recently gotten a shot in the arm with another publication for me to write and submit to. My plan of continuing to build and supplement of writing resume while overseas continues to go over very well and continues to provide my life with a sort of counter balance and time management both during and after school.

Despite all of this, I find myself still managing to have time for personal enjoyment on the weekend. I usually find myself with more options and things to do than I have time to do them. It is possible to have a normal life along with a busy one, its slightly tiring but always worth it.

Back to work for me now, I'm booked for the rest of the week preparing for exams and helping to prep my school's first digital lesson plans (the future!) This might be the shortest and most self indulgent post I have ever done on here, but as of right now... I really don't have anything else to say. Sorry about that! Life can't be terribly exciting all the time I suppose.