My fate is revealed

I finally found out where and who I will be teaching for the next year. Although I had listed High School as my preference on my application form, I wasn't expecting anything after being placed in my 5th choice of city. Not that I am bummed about being placed in Daejeon. There is no beach but I am told it is a very beautiful city and a prime location at the hub of the Korean peninsula's transportation system. Which means, weekends in Busan and Seoul! So, I was neither disappointed nor surprised when I received my assignment for middle school. Middle schools actually. Since my school is small (around 300 students) I will be the native English teacher at two. For this I will receive a bonus of 100,000 won each month. Here's the kicker: they're all girls middle schools. Of this I have no thoughts yet but it is something I wasn't expecting.

On another note, I learned the Korean version of "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" today, as well as my new favorite word in Korean: ji na da. It means thick. Not exactly the most useful word to know, but it's easy to say and reminds me of Spanish.