They take it a little more seriously here. The principals from other schools and the department heads all come to watch as Tanbu Elementary school competes with itself. The opening ceremony consists of stretching, speeches that I couldn't really understand, the Korean national anthem, and some flag waving.
The cool thing about these events, is that after the kids compete, the parents compete. One of the first grader's parents couldn't make it this day, so I stood in as her substitute dad. I have videos of some of the games we played, but my iMovie is not working right now so you'll have to wait to see them.
In the adult tug-of-war, my team won. Our award was toothpaste.
In the relay race, we had a huge lead and lost :(
I was one of the first to run and everyone was utterly shocked that I could run fast, even though they know I played soccer. We were ahead by a quarter lap and my mentor teacher was the last to run on the other team. He is also fast... and caught up to my teammate, and passed him at the last second. His team won toilet paper.
It was all fun though. Following sports day all of the children and families went home. The teachers stayed and do what we do best (besides teaching). We had a BBQ behind the school and drank. It was a beautiful day for it.
The man sitting down at the table in the back is my principal. I got to sit at his table, which was cool because his friend brought whiskey and shared it with me. I'm not a big fan of whiskey, but it was nice to taste something other than light beer and soju for a change.
Ah and here is my teachers lounge.
I spend a good amount of time in here having short conversations that last a very very long time due to the never ending language barrier.
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