orange noser || Project 366

{46/366 - orange noser}

Aimee is actually the brown noser of my class. She's always trying to be like the teacher and will do whatever she can to impress me. We had oranges for lunch today. She loves making her friends laugh so I caught her doing this with her orange. Cute.

Jacob || Project 366

{40/366 - Jacob}

This is one of my favorites. His name is Jacob. Somehow he got tagged as the Korean boy that looked Mexican so you'll find saying Hola, como estas? when really he should be saying Hello, how are you? I only teach him art once a week, but we'll always say hello in the hallways. He's not that developed in his fine motor skills, so his artwork will usually turn out very messy. He also never puts in much effort and will spend majority of the class scribbling or cutting without ever finishing his work. This past week we were making clay faces of the teacher. I told them it'd be easy if they looked at me and tried to make my face. Jacob actually put in some effort and this was his final product. This is pretty good considering his history with art. I was very proud of him. 

loving the camera || Project 366

{Project 366. 31/366 - loving the camera}

I was testing something with my camera on these tables when suddenly Rina and Daniel decided to fool around. Daniel loves when a camera is around him. I love when kids aren't camera shy. It's so refreshing when they shamelessly want to be captured because so many kids in Korea turn their head away. 

working hard || Project 366

{29/366 - working hard}

I actually forgot to take pictures today. I spent more time recording my students interacting with each other for my own sake. I have about 22 days left with them. Not even since weekends don't count. Each day I become a bit more sad to think they'll be moving on. Here they are drawing pictures of what they like to do with their grandparents. 

He is Mysterious || Project 366

{Project 366. 26/366 - Mysterious Boy}

His eyes are very Korean/Asian. This boy is an interesting one. He'll come right up to your face and just stare at you. I don't understand him. I just feel sorry for him because of his haircut. I don't think the bowl cut was ever in. I think every Asian kid had to suffer through this. I know I did. 

Infamous Jay || Project 366

{Project 366. 25/366 - Infamous Jay}

This is the infamous Jay at our school. He's this tough, chubby 5 year old whose mom dresses him in Armani sweater vests and Christian Dior pea coats. He's so cute. There'll definitely be more of him to come. I was actually filming him and he didn't realize so he kept posing so I decided to snap a picture of him. 

Look at Me || Project 366

{19/366 - Look at Me}

I told them all to stand together to take a picture. Instead, Jenny stood in front of the rest of her friends. She was just fooling around when I snapped this picture. So cute

Children are Cute || Project 366

{12/366 - victoria}

This is Victoria. She's really cute but really peculiar. She doesn't respond when you say hi or hug her. She always looks like she's thinking deeply about something. I'm sure she is. 

{in love}

Here is Esther and Valentino holding hands. They're dating. They're also 7 and barely talk to each other. I just found it really cute that they were holding hands on the bus ride to our field trip. On the way back to school all the children were talking about them and marriage. Hilarious hearing what their opinions are on marriage. 

Precious Aimee || Project 366

{9/366 - Precious Aimee}

It was Aimee's birthday. She's actually the oldest student at our school since she was born on January 1st. Whenever we had birthday parties last year, she would always ask when her birthday would be. It finally came. She's also one of the smartest students at the school and I'm pretty sure she's gonna do great things for Korea and the world. She reminds me of me when I was younger :)

Bright Rina || Project 366

{8/366 - bright Rina}

Rina walked in this morning with a bright red jacket and that multi-colored scarf. It made my Monday a lovely one. 

"What teacher?" || Project 366

{4/366 - Slowpoke Rina}

Sometimes she'll come in and just sit on the floor with all her winter gear. She'll slowly take them off without saying a word. Then she'll look at me and say, "What teacher?" 

First Day of School || Project 366

It was the first day of school for my kids and the first day of work for me. It was painful to wake up early again and get back into my work grind.

{2/366 - Strong Jenny}

This is my smallest and youngest student. She's also my strongest. She'll always say "why?" and if she gets scolded she's always so cheery and will say "OK!" and do what she's told to do. 

{Project 366. 2/366 - Pinky}

Pinky. Yep, that's her name. Here she is reading a book to me. 

day 2 - field trip at JES Island

{practice project. day 2 - my favorite student}

she's my favorite in my class. i delight in her smile, her tiny eyes, her hair accessories and her laugh. she treats me like I'm her mother, so I feel really comfortable around her.