Vacation

Another vacation for Hyeun school students have approached. It is time to say goodbye for a while. However, it is a goodbye promising to meet again. Today was the last time for hiking before the holidays. The students seemed very excited that holiday was just few days away. It has been a while that we went to hiking due to the rain, and the weather was steaming hot. It seemed much harder and I was more tired than ever. I wasn’t the only one who felt this way. Our class had to stop in the middle and go back down. I was kind of disappointed that I couldn’t reach the top for the last time with my class, but I knew that I would get a chance later. I wasn’t as much disappointed as the last time because it is the second time that Hyeeun School had its holiday. I am just worried that the laws in Korea changed that now Korean schools don’t go school on Saturdays. However, I know there will be an alternative. If there is not, we’ll have to make one.

Hanji Craft

hanji( Korean traditional paper) crafts

Today at Hyeun School, the students prepared something ex-ordinary and special. It was the hanji crafts. Hanji is a traditional Korean paper, and the students were assigned to make accessories using this paper. The process was rather complicated, but meaningful. First the students made the glue that they were going to use. They had to mix some powders into water, and mix for sometime. It is important to mix adequate amount of water and powder. After this process, the students chose the shapes of the accessories they wanted to make, and glued Hanji on top of it. I assisted my partner to make his rectangular box, but he was already an expert at it. I really thought this activity was meaningful in that it taught the students about traditions, and also did it by a fun and effective way.