School Schedule Sucks

Last Friday was a school day; the first official school day in a month. Why was it a school day? Because the Korean Federal Government mandates a certian number of days middle school students must attend classes. Students at our school were short of that number of days so Friday and Saturday were technically "school days." All the students and teachers were obligated to show up. When I showed up, my co-teacher told me I'd be teaching classes that day, which was news to me.

But five minutes before class time, after I'd scrambled to put together a lesson plan, I was told, "No, you don't have to teach. Maybe you should just go home for the afternoon."

Strange, yes? That's Korea!