Going into the volunteering I thought that I would be helping teach English in a classroom where the students were seats at desks, facing forward to the black board, and waiting our arrival along with their teacher. But the result was much different from this vision. As our group exited the metro station exit we were greeted by a lady that was even surprised that we had arrived, not because we were late but possibly because we did not know what was expected during our volunteering time and because she was also just filling in for a teacher and she knew how the classroom interactions were for these types of classes. With her we walked to the bus stop in which she told us that we would ride the bus to the end of the line, to the bus terminal. It definitely was a long ride as she explained. We then got off the bus at the terminal and proceeded to walk up a larger hill to find this school for our volunteering. Almost hidden between a small grocers market and wedged into a strip of miscellaneous stores was the school.
From outside the school building the school was unnoticeable. After our group walked up multiple narrow stiarways to the top of the building where the classrooms were located, it was evident by the loud talking and yelling of children that we had arrived to our destination. During our time at the school we had many different interactions with the kids whom were aged about 7 years old to 13 years old, I think. We played multiple american games like Simon Says to learn how to follow directions and listen to English. Also we played a Korean game which is very hard to explain but I will post about it later when I can research on it, but it was fun!
Our whole day was exhausting but it was definitely an experience to see the different school types that children attend in Korea. The children that we helped teach English to were less privileged than many other children in Korea.
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