T.V. Star

Ha ha ha... (nervous laugh).  I'm going to be filmed by EBS for two days (if I understood correctly) so they can produce a ten minute segment on the life of a wonomin in Cheongwon.  They wanted a talented elementary school teacher to follow around for a couple of days and according to my co-teacher, I'm... well... I'm the only wonomin in Cheongwon teaching at an elementary school.  So, that acting certificate will finally come in useful.  Maybe I can break into Korean drama as a minority character.

The thing that scares me the most is that they want to focus on school life AND life after school.  I have NO life after school.  I actually dread going home most days, because there is nothing to do.  I have been trying to establish some boundaries, e.g. don't take schoolwork home, don't take novels to school, so I can at least have some kind of 'coming home' feeling.  But inevitably I end up on the internet for most of the afternoon at school, and on the internet for most of the evening at home.  I do my preparation between classes in the morning and my homework and study at night.  It's going to be a crushing revelation for the world (Chungcheongbuk-do at least) to see how boring my life is.  So I am faced with two options- let it be a piece of genuine reality t.v. and don't change a thing, so it can be an honest piece, or make up a life ultra-quick.  I just got told about this ten minutes ago, so I'll post this now and see how the story unfolds.

It will be the third time I've been on local T.V.!  The first time I can't remember very well because it was at the start of my contract.  The second time was nearly a disaster because my co-teach wasn't there to practise with me and the kids, and she landed a whole lot of really advanced terms on them that weren't really appropriate but I had to go with them (stuff about bartering).  I know that makes it sound like a show rather than a school but remember this stuff is publicity for the school.