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Subject: circles
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 06:41:50 +0000
dear mom and dad,

we are on week 12 of our 13 week term, woo! the grading and ranking system here is weird... and that's all i'll say about that.

the other day i was sitting at a desk with one of the kids, helping him with the reader, and he asks me, "why is your hair circles?" referring to the comb curls at the end of my locks. i told him b/c my hair is very curly. he of course asked, "why?" i explain b/c im black, and it's common for black people to have curly hair. he then asked (of course, question after question) why dont i just cut my hair. i explained that my hair will not grow back straight, it would still be curly. then a group of like 5 kids broke out in an excited mini-conversation in korean, at which i told them, "we're in english class. english please." and they all giggle and get back to work.

interesting observations the kids have sometimes. i was in the middle of a lecture once and a girl raised her hand, "Sister Sha! your hands are very bright." referring to my palms. :) and "Sister Sha! your hair... is very long."

well, this term is almost over and then we go straight into another with whole new sets of kids. i hope i get some of mine again, i miss them already.