What's the best part of the week?

I've been pondering this question for many days now. I've never really liked the idea of getting out of work and going home to eat and do nothing before bed. It doesn't feel right. I won't lie, I like to go out often. That's why college was so darned perfect -starting your day at 2 PM with nothing to do but speak about a story you might not have read was easy as pie.

Now I wake up late still, yes, but I am on my toes all day long. These kids will eat you alive if you slip up!

Sure, it's still a cushy job by most standards. I'm certainly not complaining. More mourning the fact that in order to be able to function here, I have to calm myself down. I'm not ready for middle-age! I want to keep partying like a rock star. This whole partying-only-on-the-weekends is unnatural to me. Also, it means that Sunday is entirely wasted, and Monday I feel terrible. Although there is some logic in it, I suppose. Mostly that for the working week, I feel pretty good every day. A bit tired, but mostly fine.

I need to learn to control my temper. I flipped hard on a student the other day and gave him two penalty stamps at one time, which is a HUGE deal. About 15 seconds later, I regretted it. Although he was disobeying a direct rule by playing his Nintendo DS in class (for the second time), and when I asked for it, he tried to just put it in his pocket and tell me it was OK. It was not OK, but one penalty stamp should have been the punishment. I was so infuriated that he would just completely disregard me (the first time it has happened), that I went bananas on him. He;s a great kid, too! Very smart, almost always polite and well-behaved. Quiet, yes, but not to a fault. He became very somber immediately after, and I'm pretty sure he was cursing at me in Korean. But I was confident I shouldn't do any more to him. My co-teacher, Nathan, agreed that two penalty stamps was a bit much.

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I really enjoy my life here! Things are cheap, it's a good thing I'm an omnivore, soju and makkeoli are pretty tasty, and I like the Korean sense of humor. Those seem to be the things in life I care about. Also, if you like karaoke (noraebang), Korea is your place! I'm an occasional fan.

I really could see myself staying here for another year, maybe more. I would like to try and find a different school, where I get a break in the middle of the day, but I could keep working here if I needed to. We'll see how things go.