I teach kids, which requires that I set aside my personal opinions and fear of embarrassment long enough to do what's right for the kiddos. This year the right thing to do was to dress up.
Yep. I'm a panda.
At our school, Halloween is a big deal. There are far more foreign teachers who love Halloween than who don't, thus for this one day we set aside class time and fill our Halloween day with pumpkin festivities, games, songs, a costume fashion show, and trick-or-treating. Since Halloween is not a commonly celebrated holiday in Korea, the kids received a special treat thanks to all our efforts. I felt I had to contribute, thus I planned on being Mary Poppins, or a classy gypsy, or something easy and fun for me. But on the night before Halloween Alex insisted that I try on his panda suit. Then Alex and Sam, his sister, proceeded to convince me to wear this get up for my entire teaching day. Thus, as I played with little ones, graded homework, and taught my elementary students, I was dressed as the cutest darn panda you've ever seen.
My kids were also pretty darn cute. Here is a collection of my preschool students in their best Halloween attire:
And here is the happy pumpkin we (I) carved. The kids told me what they wanted, and this was the best I could do in 5 minutes with Korean teachers fussing over pumpkin guts, seeds, sharp knives, and excited children.
Doesn't he look so happy?
We had a lot of fun on this special day. And even though I truly dislike Halloween, the excitement from others proved contagious and I found myself loving my student's reactions to trick-or-treating and singing spooky songs. And when we were done having fun, my kids posed for their best Halloween smiles. Take a look.
The kids weren't the only ones who had fun. Our teacher group also had a blast in our lunch-time photo shoot and costume contest.
Peace & Happy Harvest/Halloween!
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