It seems like everyday
everyone is constantly on their phone.
Korea is an advanced country when it comes to technology. Pretty much everyone has a smart phone. This is even true for young kids that are at
an elementary level. I constantly see
them on their phones as they are riding a bus, walking down the street, or even
while eating food. While at restaurants
it seems like that they are more interested in the phone then the actual person
or people they are having food with.
Another thing that does happen
that is annoying is phones in the movie theater. On a couple different occasions a phone will
ring while watching a movie. What makes
it worse is that the person will usually answer the phone and proceed to have a
conversation. In one particular case the
conversation went on for a good three minutes.
At school I would say
about 95% of the students do have a smart phone. There have been some occasions where I have
taken a phone from the students when they are using it during class. When this happens they think I am the meanest
person in the world. They think they are
being sneaky but it usually is pretty obvious if they are using their
phone. Plus I have also heard that some
teachers do answer their phone in the middle of class if it does go off. Personally my phone is left at my desk which
is in the teachers’ room where no teaching does happen. This is what I have seen when it comes to
phones in Korea.
This past week the students finished up mid-terms and then they had field trips at the end of the week. That basically means there was no actual teaching
and so I did get ahead a little bit. I did stay in town this weekend and went out to the beach yesterday. I didn't get in the water because it was pretty windy and not that warm. Lately it has been in the mid 60's to low 70's for the high of the day. At night it is already pretty chilly, but I know that it is just the beginning of the cold weather. Besides that not much else is planned for later this month. Will write later.
