This new school year is much busier than my previous semester. I still teach 22 hours per week during school hours, but the way the schedule is set up, I feel like I'm teaching more. I also teach an additional 3 classes after school and I really do not like it, but I don't feel like getting into that now. From Tuesday to Thursday, I have 6 classes in a row, without a break except for lunch. I say the same things, tell the same jokes, play the same games, and hear the same songs 3 times in a row for each grade. For example, I teach 4th graders on Wednesday. There are about 90 students in 4th grade, so they divide them into 3 sections, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3. I'm just a little tired of hearing and repeating the same material over and over again. If we have a song in that lesson, each class would practice and sing the song like 5 times, which means I have to do it 15 times in total. I do enjoy most of the songs, but by the 10th time, I just want to burn the cd. It's all good though. I am still liking what I do and I guess that's the important thing.

I have many short term goals, but I need some long term ones as well. I started looking around for graduate school programs and there's not much that interest me. I did look into Speech Pathology and Occupational Therapy, but I don't think I can do it. I don't remember how to study and take standardized tests. I don't want to put in 2 years of my life going to school. I still want to play! Why in the world did I pick Rehab as my major? There's nothing I can do with it without grad school. I'm worried.

I'm thinking about traveling to Osaka alone for Children's Day. Not many people have the same days off as I do, so it's hard to find a travel buddy. I feel up to the challenge though. I came to Korea alone. I think I can manage 5 days in Japan alone. I hope.