School Life and Kimchi

So, in the ROK, I have been teaching writing to young, impressionable Korean tweens. They appreciate me and my dry humor (we had student evaluations this week, by the way). I teach them helpful words for them to use on their TOEFL, such as: plethora, superfluous, and sententious; while, occasionally, writing essays about gambling on the white board. Most of my students are pretty intelligent. However, recently, I have been teaching some younger and, ahem, let's just say slightly less advanced students. I had them writing autobiographies last week...and one child wrote, "after 3 years, my parents procreated me..." hilarious and quite cute. These Korean students of mine have a certain eloquence that just proves the ingeniousness of American students. For example, when asked ''Why is Korea's youth population decreasing?'' a child wrote, "because Korean students are not getting laid". My students don't just prattle on about meaningless nonsense, no, my friend, they get right to the point (please, relish in the irony). They are zealous pursuers of the English language and I am but a mere vessel helping them reach the pinnacle of their success...the pinnacle probably being our next essay on the hedonistic qualities of kimchi. Speaking of kimchi...I told my students about the guy in Myeong-dong who tried to give me Kimchi to eat and they cracked up. Also, another thing about kimchi is that it seriously grows on you...I absolutly adore it now. I can eat a whole side dish of it and want more.