swim --> swam

I taught past tense verbs to my 1st-grade c-level kids (the lowest level I teach) today, and it worked it worked it worked! We played games, we talked about what they did last night. They totally know how to change verbs into past tense now (the most common verbs, at least). I am getting better at this whole teaching thing, I swear it.

Downside: more of my students come down with the swine flu every day. Medical masks abound in school. In one of my Thursday classes, about 1/4-1/3 of the students were out sick. Some the teachers are hoping school will be canceled for an indefinite time period (until the flu calms down).

In other news, Seoul Grand Park, Seoul Zoo:

Taking the lift up to the top of Seoul Grand Park, where the zoo is. I Young-Kyung is afraid of heights, can you tell?

KoHo, I Young-Kyung, me. American brown bears in the background.

I don't know if you can tell from this photo, but these bears have huge round ears that stick straight up, and it reallyreallyreally makes them look like Mickey Mouse.