Dear New Teacher

Dear New Teacher
Hi. My name is Lee Chang-Jun. Im third grader. I want to introduce about our school. Students in CSH live at dormitory. They only can go their own home at every weekend. We will have vacation during about one month. But we only can stay at home during first week of the vacation. We have to go to school during rest of the vacation.
In second semester, All of third graders and some of second graders prepare to enter the university. They dont need the grades when they receive at second semester. Because the university dont want to receive it. As a result they will act lazy and they may sleep often.
Our school have busy schedules and students have to study hard for science and math. It makes students dont feel interesting about English. But they are kind and you will like them.
Some students will participate in international contest and they will ask you for help... ...
If you like to play for fun, there are many amusement things at sang-nam dong. There are many people and much more buildings. Such as internet cafe, restaurant, academy, motel, ..etc. But be careful SK hospital. Because the MERS appeared in the hospital. I think it is not dangerous now. But it is not bad to be careful.
Students in CSH dont have mobile phone. They like facebook. Students feel stress very much but they kind. Maybe teachers also kind to you. I think you can ask for help from Andrew Cheng or Courtney hill. Many students like exercise. They study during many times sitting. Most of them like soccer, basket ball, badminton. Some guys are good at English but most of them arent. Nice to meet you.

Dear New teacher

Hello, I am one of 3rd grader of Changwon Science High school.
We usually call this school CSH or CSHS.
This school is comprised of four buildings-main building, science building, gym and dormitory. English teacher's room and english class is at 3rd floor of main building. School cafeteria is at 1st floor of dormitory. You can ask to our other kind english teachers if you don't know about CSH. Mabey you will like this school.

Dear New Teacher

Hey! I am Matthew from the third grade. I am quite fluent in English, so I think I can help you a lot when you come here. Courtney told us to tell you something about our school and our city, and I am glad to do this for you. I don't know where you are right now, but probably it will be a lot different from here. I think you have to be very prepared to get along well. One big thing is that everyone speaks Korean(of course). What I am trying to say is the stress of 'non-communication'. I know how this feels like, and at first it will be very challenging for you to even understand what students say. I think the only solution to this is getting used to it. I hope you are not too surprised when you come. The other thing is that you are lucky. Our school is consisted of selected students. The way that students treat you will be a lot better than normal school. I will skip how classes were done until now because Courtney probably will, so I will tell you about the general thing. I think teachers will be very kind. Some might avoid you because they cannot speak English. But if you try speaking to them, they will try to talk to you as well. It is better to be active. They will like you. Outside of school there are many things to do. I don't know about your hobby, but if you like sports, there are many places for you to go. What people usually do here is soccer, basketball, baseball, biking, and hiking. I hope you like sports because a lot of students here play sports during lunch and dinner time, so if you like to participate in a game, you can play with us. There are many tasty food here, and one menu which almost everyone likes is fried chicken. It is quite different from those KFCs from the U.S. I think you should go watch a baseball game. The cheering is amazing, and you will be overwhelmed by the atmosphere. My last advice is to just have fun. That's it. See you!

Congratulation to visit our school.

Hi .New teacher.
My name is Jo yeung jae.
I am the third grader student.

I am happy to meet you. I expect you to satisfied with our school.
As you know, Our school food is great, You will surprise.

Our school has tight schedule. Also we sleep almost 6 hours a day.
I think the 0 period class is the problem. It should be gone.

I recommend the City Seven in chang won to visit.
It has many places to visit. It has Macdonalds,Baskin Robbins,Burgur King,Susi strore and more.

I hope you to satisfied with our school. I am proud of my our school.

My only positive thing is to eat chicken at night teacher do not know.
I love you teacher.

Dear new teacher

Hello teacher, my name is Sang Jin Lee. I'm student president in CSHS. i'm 3rd grader in CSHS, so I know a lot of our school and teachers. I think our school has many weak points. I think most of our teachers are unkind to our school students. Also I think we are too tired about studying and our school lives. So, most students don't want to have a lot of homework. We are too busy to study math and science. Many students like vibrant teachers. I hope you are good at joking. Our school has generally 170 student, I think it is very small. All students live in dormitary, so I think it will be easy to be familar with our students. Changwon is large city in 경상남도. There are 2 science high schools in 경상남도. Changwon and Gyeongnam science high schools. In Changwon there are baseball and basketball teams. Baseball team is NC DINOS, basketball team is Changwon LG. I like NC DiNOS, and I don't watch Koream basketball(KBL). In Korea, 김치 is very famous food. It is spicy and delicious. I love this. We are very normal students, and we like math and science. Most of students have stress about school test, so I think you should give less homework. Maybe you will be tired because you must teach all of our students, and English times are increasing. Anyway, I want to meet you. If you have any questions about our school, you should ask about Changwon or our school. Students don't want to do by force. I think all of opinios must have logical reasons.

Dear New Teacher

Hi my name is Gu Sang Lee. I am a 3rd grader at CSHS.
 I will introduce two things for you.
First Changwon is a city in which I live and is also where CSHS is located.
Changwon has lot's of  features such as Nubija. It is a public bicycle system.
This is a picture.

 Changwon has the NC dinos. It is Changwon's baseball team
This is a picture.

Changwon has lots of features, but I  will introduce two things.
Other things will be found by you.
Next i will introduce CSHS.
CSHS is a school where we study. and we live

Our school have lots of things. Nice equipment, Clean dormitory..etc.
Wellcome to CSHS.

Dear new teacher

Hi! I'm Ko Dae-hyeon, CSH's 3rd grader.

CSH's full name is Chang-won Science Highschool. Chang-won is our city. It is environmental city. Our school has more than 170 students. Our school's facilities are so good. I hope you to spend good time here.

Most of our students are like math and science. We live in dormitory.

Let's see our school's picture!

Let's eat Kimchi!
Let's eat kimchizzigae!
Let's eat bibimbabb!
Let's play basketball!
Let's play soccer!
Let's see movie!
Let's eat chicken!
How about buy chicken to me?
Let's talking with me!
Why do you want to come to our school?
Let's eat waffle!
Let's play baseball!
Let's play LOL!
Let's play fifaonline 3!
Do you like Ronaldo?
Do you like Messi?
Soccer's messia Messi!
De maria
Rooney
Bale
Pele
My friend Sangjin
My friend yeong jae

Dear New Teacher

Dear New Teacher

 Hi. My name is Chaebin. I'm 3rd grade student in Changwon Science High School.
My school is science school, so we usually learn math and science. Alll of the student have major, my major is biology. Other subjects are music, history, Korea, English, PE and information. We study 12hours in a day. It's too hard. I always want more sleeping time. But my school has many good things too.

Now, I introduce about Changwon. Changwon is environment city in Korea. In changwon has public bike. I called 'NuBiJa(누비자)'. And Yongji lake is good place. In Korea has singing room. There is so funny, korea student usually go there to play. It's cool!
And we have Tteok-bokki, It is Korea food. Little spicy, but It's very delicious. and In Summer, I love patbingsu, adzuki-bean ice dessert. It is very very delicious too! 

NuBiJa

Yongji lake

Tteok-bokki

patbingsu

patbingsu

Sincerely, Chaebin

 

Dear New Teacher

Dear. New Teacher

Hello. My name is Lee Jeong-in and I'm 3rd of Changwon Science High School. I expect you! changwon is called environmental city. There are public bicycle system called Nubija. If you like to bike and exercise, you can use it yourself. I heard that there are not pork belly(samgyeopsal) which is very delicious! Courtney who is previous teacher of this school said almost all Americans who came as a teacher in Korea like this very much. Have you heard Patbingsu? It is very popular deseart of Korea. Famous Patbingsu restaurant is '설빙'. If you like spicy food, I recomend Tteokbokki or Webfoot Octopus. Famous Webfoot Octopus restaurant is '바보형제주꾸미' In here, you can eat webfoot octopus with thin piza. It is delicious!

Bingsu

Now I introduce our school. We learn math and science in priority because our school is science high school. Our school built at 2011 so our school facilities is good! there fitness center so you can use it!

Changwon Science High School

Sincerely. Jeong in

Dear new teacher

Dear new English teacher
Hello~ I'm kang sujung from changwon science high school in Korea.
Our school students mostly learn math and science because our school is science school.
Although Korea is a small country, I think we have diligent lifestyle.
Our traditional food is Kimchi which is a vegetable with seasoning. It's a little spicy but delicious.
Our traditional clothes is hanbok which have colorful color. Nowadays, modernized hanbok is making in Korea, and it's so beautiful I think. Changwon, which is city in Gyengsangnamdo in Korea is the place that I live. Changwon is Eco-friendly cities and orderly road.
You can see lots of close-in building because Korea is the areas of high population density, especially seoul, capital our country. Now is the rainy season. Maybe it will finish this week(and I hope that because I don's like rain).
Anyway I'll glad to see you.

                                   

Try all of these below

Dear. New Teacher

Dear. New Teacher

Hi, I am Baek Eun-ha at Changwom Science High School 3rd grade. I don't know anything about you yet but welcome! I will introduce Changwon city and CSHS.

Changwon city is located in southern part of South Korea. It's called 'Gangnam of southern part' because it's more brilliant at night than daytime, and there are more people at night than daytime. Well it's just joke, but some are true.
There are many trees, many cars, many people, and also many buildings at downtown. There is also very wide long road. It's because Changwon city is planned city and the road, called Changwon-dae-ro, is planned for flighters or tanks when war break out(dae and ro is chinese letter, and it means big and road). But now no one care about first purpose of the road, and it's just a road:)

Changwon Science High School is the special high school, and it's different other normal high school. We live in dormitory and we go to home just one day a week. We wake up at 6:30 a.m. and go to dorm at 11:50 p.m. and we study only except for 3 hours for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We usually concentrate math and science. Some students can graduate in 2nd grade! It is kind of privilege as a Science high school student.

I hope that you like Korea and Changwon:D

Sincerely, Baek Eun-ha

Dear, My new teacher

Dear, My new teacher!

Hello, teacher! My name is young kyeoung. Nice to meet you so much.
Let me introduce about our high school.
Our school name is "Changwon science high school", so we learn about deepen science. ( of course we learn about history,korean, english, p.e, music, c plus plus, chinese character)
Our school students are more creative than other high school students.
Our school has good facilities for students.

Next picture is our domitorium!!

Welcome to our school!!!!!!!

Dear New Teacher!!!

Dear New Teacher,

Hi. My name is You Min Jung in 3rd grade.
It's very sad that Courtney teacher will leave our school but i'm very looking forward to meet new teacher!

Actually my house is not in changwon, but geoje. It's island, very pretty. I wish you visit sometime. It's located in south in gyeongnam.

Our school, CSHS is different with other normal school. We studied math and science mostly. Also we learn other subjects but it's not that important.
Some of second graders and all of third graders are preparing for university entrance examination now. When teacher come, we and our school teachers will very busy for this.

In Korea, there is many place to visit like changwon, seoul, gyeongju, geoje, busan etc. You can visit many places when you have a free time. Also there is many kinds of food like 비빔밥, 떡볶이, 오뎅, 김밥 etc.

 I wish you have fun time in Korea, in CSHS!

Sincerely, You Min Jung

Interview of kihyun teacher

I intervewed ki hyun my favorite physics teacher.

First, I made a bow, said asked him to tell me a little about himself.

He introduced himself saying that he is a physics teacher at Changwon Science High school.

Can you find where I am? I seem like a flower. May be you can'f find me easily because

I resemble the flowers around me.

So I asked him my first question about when he met his spouse.

According to his story, his spouse is also teacher. When he came to Masan, he played badminton. The gym teacher thought he was a good person and introduced him to a pretty and great teacher. At first, he thought she was very naturaly beautiful because she went to field study with their students not decorated. Thanks to her natural appearance, he could approach to her. So, now he lives with her.

 Next, I asked him if he enjoys his school life. He thinks teaching physics at Changwon Science High School is a glory thing. It is rewarding and pleasant to teach his major's subject and his knowledge. I know, he has to go to work early, leave work late, come school on the weekend, prepare for class a lot, and lead the reseach activities. For him, there is so much work to do. Sometimes his jobs are physically demanding. As a teacher, he is very fruitful. So, it was interesting. He wants to stay here for a long time.

Then, I asked him what his favorite memory from his life is.

The most impressive memory to him lately was the moment that his son was born. His son was born in a hospital, came out and was crying. The first cry was impressive to him. It was touching to him. His heart was full.

Then, I inquired when he thought that Jowon is most adorable. It has been a year since Jowon was born. He can say three words; mom, papa, and babba. He says papa the most. When the phone rings, he says papa.

Finally, I asked him What his life’s goal for the future is.

He doesn’t think about his life goal earnestly yet. First as a physics teacher, he hopes to be a great physics teacher and help the students, by leading them. The science school is an important resource to become a great teacher he wants. He hopes as a parent, to have more babies and to be a great parent. He wants happy family and happy students.

After the interview with him, I got to know ki hyun teacher's thinking and was impressed with his story. I would like to resemble his sunny disposition.

Humans of Changwon Science High School - Kim Tae Hee

"Why did I choose mathematics? Just because..."

I interviewed teacher Kim Tae-hee.

First, I asked about his life at CSHS. His personal time has decreased after he started teaching at CSHS. He likes traveling, but he couldn’t travel after January. However, He doesn't feel frustrated. At school, he can feel pleasures which he can’t feel when he travels. I think we can always find happy elements anywhere. If we can't feel happy when we work or do other things, then there are problems in our minds. After changing our minds, we can see happy elements or good points.

Second, I asked about his life in other schools before he came to CSHS. He compared them with us. Lots of students who studied at his previous school had single fathers or mothers, or only grandparents, but our school students are not. So, he think our school students are privileged. On the other hand, we entered this school because we studied hard, so he is proud. His face was distorted when he said these things. I think it was because of the thought of previous school's students. I was so sad when his face was distorted.

Third, I asked about his life like when he was young. He was born and grown up in Kim-hae. He is in his early 30’s now, and he was able to see some characteristics of successful people who are his age. They had enough ability, but more importantly, faithfulness and patience. When he was a high school student, there were a few friends who were outstanding, but only friends who were good at self-regulation achieved success today. Through this, I found self-regulation is very important in our life. Usually, I can self-regulate myself moderately well, but I need to be better at self-regulation.

Fourth, I asked about the reason why he became a teacher. When he was a high school student, his 2nd grade teacher and 3rd grade teacher died early. Until that time, he didn’t think about teaching as a job, but after this, he thought and considered the influence of a teacher. This made him change his career. Before he chose to be a teacher, he wanted to help others. A teacher can also help others, especially students, so he chose to be one. Maybe his process of being teacher is unusual. Most teachers have wanted to be a teacher when they were young. Through this, I could realize that all actions or thinking that we do are relevant. We can think of bad circumstance as the process to achieve our purpose. Then, the situation can be seen better than before.

Last, I asked if he liked mathematics when he was young. Surprisingly, he didn’t like mathematics when he was young, especially from 12 to 15 years old. Instead of mathematics, he liked science, but at highschool, he found the fun of mathematics. He thinks it was because of the difference of middle school and high school mathematics. On the other hand, he always liked science. When he was young, there were lots of boys who wanted to be scientists, and he also wanted to be one. I was curious about why he chose mathematics instead of science, so I asked him about this. The answer was that it was too hard of a question. In the sequel, the reason is that he just chose.

During the interview, I thought Tae-hee’s answer always wandered off my questions a little. He says ‘Um…….’ often. However, he talked about good things a lot, so I never minded.

Humans of CSHS

He said that do not be sad or disappointed if you are worse than others and work on being positive.

I interviewed Han Sung-Chul teacher. He came our school in this year and he teaches geology for the first grade. I asked why he become an earth science teacher. The Earth science was an easy subject for him, so when he was a high school student, he chose earth science. Then, he majored in earth science education at university. One more reason was because earth science is a broad subject. He wanted to study the universe though he is only a little human being. I think he is a humble, diligent person and he knows about himself.

I asked which one is more important for students : to go to a better university or to be happy at CSH. He thinks it is different for each student. If his or her goal is to go to a good university, the university is more important for the student. If the student wants to enjoy the present, then high school life is more important because it is their own life and they should live by their free will. I asked then what kind of student he was. The present was more important for him. He tried to find what he wanted to do, and it was more important than university. He doesn’t know if he will like his job in the future, but he is satisfied now.

His favorite sport is basketball, but he has never played basketball at CSH. I asked why he doesn’t. He answered that the students are very bright, so the teachers should study hard. Also, modern science is changing constantly. If teachers have old facts, it isn’t useful for students, So he doesn’t have enough time to exercise. I think he is passionate and hard-working. He studies hard to teach students well.

I asked what he thinks about students at CSH. He thinks that they are passionate and their eyes are shiny, but sometimes they are too focused on results. Actually, the process is as important as the result, especially if you are a science high school student. He said we should think more about the process. So, he thinks we should behave with pride because we belong to a science high school. Most of us are good. Therefore, if someone is little worse than others, he or she doesn’t need to be sad or disappointed. He wants students to not regret attending this school and work on being positive. He knows what is important for us and what we should do. Also, I think that he knows why students feel stress, and he wants students to be happy.

Humans of CSHS

I asked him What is your favorite food?

He says he loves 김치찌개 which is a spicy korean soup. He makes it by himself at home. He eat it in the morning when he goes to school. He loves it because it is good for his health. I also like 김치찌개. My mother usually make it. but It will be good to make 김치찌개 by myself. I agree that 김치찌개 is healthy food. because it has many vegetables.

I asked him What students do you like?

He says he likes active students. He wants the students to participate well.

Also he wants creative students like Woo seung joo. The active students make him being happy. I should be more active in class. I learned that participate in class can inspire the teacher and I can learn more.

I asked him What do you want for the 1st graders?

He says he just want 1st graders to be sincere in class. Students should respect the teachers. Students should also concentrate in class. I think my home room teacher will also wants students to be sincere in class. So I should do my homework well. I deeply reflect on my self.

I asked him What is your Favorite sports?

He says he is crazy about swimming. He is good at freestyle swimming. He learned how to swim 1 year ago. He usually goes the swimming center and swims with the coach. He knows that swimming makes him stronger. I could know that swimming makes our heart stronger and make the body slim. I should try when I go to university.

I asked him Do you regret being teacher?

He says he doesn't regret being teacher. He is satisfied with teaching students.

He decided to be the teacher when he graduate university.

He loves students. I learned that I should find a job which I want to. I think teacher is great. I respect him not to get angry to the students. 

Humans of CSHS - Lee Se-hee

To CSHS students ; If you try, you can do it. Cheer up, and please enjoy your meal!

I interviewed the school dietitian at Changwon Science High School. Her name is Lee Se-hee. I will tell you about her story.

She didn't have a clear dream when she was a teenager and just wanted to be a teacher. She enjoyed eating, so she had become interested in nutrition. She searched for jobs about nutrition and got to know about school dietitian positions. She majored in food and nutrition and completed a course in education to become a school dietitian.

She said it was a little difficult to come to school on the first day at CSHS because it is too far from her house. It takes about 40 minutes by a car, so she couldn't often come at breakfast time. She felt a harmonious, more friendly and quiet atmosphere during mealtime because CSHS has few students. She likes it better as it takes only 20 minutes rather than the 40 minutes meal time at her previous school.

She said nutrition is the most important when making a menu and taste is as important as nutrition because if a school dietitian plans nutritionally balanced menus, it won't help if students don't eat. Usually, students’ favorite foods and teachers’ favorite foods are different. So, there is a conflict between different foods. She has to make three menus per day at CSHS and she try not to overlap menus, but there might be a few mistakes. She asked to be excused.

Her most memorable school memory was when she first worked at an elementary school in Gimhae. It is an isolated school, and it had 150 students. It was so cute when small children made chewing motions. She was able to become more friendly with teachers because there were only a few teachers at the school.

Her motto is, "If you try, you can do it." She thinks CSHS students are very nice and hopes all students will go to the university that they want. Enjoy your meal!

Humans of CSHS

I interviewed the principal. The principal spoke about various stories with me. That time was a pleasant experience for me.

I asked him to tell me about his first day at CSHS. He said that it was a very busy and befuddled day. He met two superintendents of education before he was appointed as principal. He recieved various gifts, and then he met teachers and students at CSHS. He remembered that the day was really, really busy.“ Then, I told him that just hearing it made me feel complicated.

The next thing, I asked was about his favorite memory. He said that three weeks after he decided to get married, he got married to a strange lady. She and he met at a wedding hall for the third time. I was surprised, after which I asked him how he became a good husband. He answered with a laugh and said you must be greedless and inexpectant to be good husband, but fortunately, his wife likes him. Sometimes he wants to escape from his wife, his wife likes him very much, and he is grateful for his wife.

The last question asked him how he wants to change CSHS in the future. He said that most of all our school students should be happy. Teachers are using differing ways more and more to evaluate students. So, classes should give students more opportunities to take part in science. By doing so, students can study meaningfully.

After the interview I thought that the was a very inspiring teacher . I felt greatful and had a lot of respect for him.

#Thank you students of CSHS. I like it!!