student gifts

11/20/08 today was the last day of a middle school mg class... ok i have to confess that this term i did something i have never done before: at least 3 times this term, i bought dokbokki for the class. i dont believe in giving students gifts or presents ever, not even on the last school day, but those few times i was hella hungry, so i shelled out 4,ooo won so each student could get an obecwon's worth of dokbokki. before i gave them money, the ritual was this:

me: "class, does sister sha think it's ok for teachers to give students money or presents?"
class: "noooooo."
me: "Then why am i buying you dokbokki today?"
class: "because YOURE hungry."
me: "Thats right. i dont care about being nice to you, i only care about being fair. if i eat in class, then you ahve to be allowed to eat too. now take this money and go buy me a dokbokki."

so yesterday was the last day of class and of course i gave them nothing, i bought them nothing, i said "absolutely not" to their requests for a party, and i made them do every page in the workbook. and during the last break time on this last class day, THEY bought ME dokbokki. *sniffle*. the kids are so great sometimes!!!