So as you've probably figured, I'm back in the states now, working off several long overdue weeks of vacation and ignoring all the things I'm supposed to have been doing. I haven't forgotten about this blog though, nor the countdown that was supposed to have finished before I left Korea. It's just taken me three or so weeks to figure out what I missed most about it. Funny, I don't know if it's what I expected, and I'm sure it will sound sappy and juvenile to some. If I'm being honest, however, the one thing I feel the absence of most is not a thing. It's 150 things.
#1. The students
I'd been living in Korea for almost two years when I left. Some of my students were with me and stayed with me from day one; others would level out of one of my classes and then crop back up in a month or two in a higher class. Like every teacher I had my favorites, but all-in-all there wasn't a single class I disliked; there wasn't ever a time when I hated going to work or doing my job.
Before I left, I gave my email address to all my students.
I've been contacted by a number of
students, and I've done my best to answer them all. I know there's going to come a day when they don't feel the need to write to Erin-teacher anymore, and then a day when they might not remember me at all. I just don't think forgetting them is going to be that easy, but isn't that the benefit of age?
