I may have mentioned that they don't seperate the "special kids" from everyone else at my school. There is this one 2nd grade girl student who may be austistic. The teachers always say she is "very slow" or the other students call her crazy, but I love her! She has her own tea parties with the air in class or is always drawing pictures while class is going on. I always watch her while I am teaching because I find her so interesting. She is always in her own world and I am curious to see what she will do next. I have seen her chase the boys at recess and try to bite them, haha, which I can't help but laugh at a little. Anyways, I always smile at her when I see her or say Hello, but she has not uttered one word of English since day 1 when I began teaching here. She does always smile back at me though beause I give her the time of day I don't think other teachers give her, but no matter what I say or do, she still has never spoken a word of English and even though she always comes up to me in the hall or in class she will only ramble something in Korean. I don't think she fully grasps the fact I have no idea what she is saying.
Well, it has been over 3 months since I began here. I was walking down the hall after lunch today and I saw her wandering in the hall going to her classroom. As I passed her I said my usual, "Hello" and smiled, (knowing she would just say something Korean) but all of the sudden as I was passing her, she stopped and took my hand and said, "Hello nice to meet you" and walked away. I FROZE! 3 months!! It has been 3 months and these were the first and only English words I had ever heard her say. I literally wanted to run and hug her and tell her how happy I was. I caught up to her and said "very good!!!!!!" and gave her the thumbs up. Haha, she just looked at me and walked down the hall. Maybe she did know some English the entire time or maybe it took her 3 months to learn how to say "Hello." Either way, it was one of the best moments since I've been here. I felt like it was a milestone. My next goal is to get her to actuallly understand what those words mean maybe! I told the Korean teacher who sits next to me and I'm not sure she found it quite as exciting as I did because she said "ooh yes 'berry cute' but, she is bery slow." Well, I'm not giving up on her just yet ;)
Well, it has been over 3 months since I began here. I was walking down the hall after lunch today and I saw her wandering in the hall going to her classroom. As I passed her I said my usual, "Hello" and smiled, (knowing she would just say something Korean) but all of the sudden as I was passing her, she stopped and took my hand and said, "Hello nice to meet you" and walked away. I FROZE! 3 months!! It has been 3 months and these were the first and only English words I had ever heard her say. I literally wanted to run and hug her and tell her how happy I was. I caught up to her and said "very good!!!!!!" and gave her the thumbs up. Haha, she just looked at me and walked down the hall. Maybe she did know some English the entire time or maybe it took her 3 months to learn how to say "Hello." Either way, it was one of the best moments since I've been here. I felt like it was a milestone. My next goal is to get her to actuallly understand what those words mean maybe! I told the Korean teacher who sits next to me and I'm not sure she found it quite as exciting as I did because she said "ooh yes 'berry cute' but, she is bery slow." Well, I'm not giving up on her just yet ;)
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