12.11.13

One of the third graders who came to visit last week popped into my office between classes today. She handed me an envelope and instructed me to open it. Inside was a beautiful gold plated, hand painted Korean lady in a hanbok. It's a bookmark and such a lovely gesture. She told me it was in exchange for the lollies I gave her last time.

I said thank you and marvelled at its detail so she and her friends started clapping in unison. It was bizarre, but it was definitely joyful. What a lovely, awkward moment.