The Festival

October 23, 2008

Oh, so I will try to keep this one short.

Today I didn’t have any classes except for my extra ones (again) because today was the actual festival. I missed a little bit of it because as usual, they did not bother to tell me when it started, but luckily I did not miss much because I realized that everyone had disappeared.

I almost can not put into words the insanity of this festival. Some of the acts were cute, the little kids in costumes or uniforms and playing their instruments, and one of my co-teachers, Shin-Sook, put on a short Peter Pan play with some of my 4th graders.

The part I have a hard time with is for some reason, some of the teachers saw fit to put many of the children in skimpy costumes and have them dance suggestively. One 4th grade group did a belly dance that was a little disturbing, but some of the 6th graders also did a belly dance that was worse because they were basically wearing sequined bras with their belly dancer skirts. One girl even has some fake tattoos on her belly for the dance. *Shudder* Weird.

The most disturbing acts had to be my Kindergartners. They were all in crazy outfits and doing nasty dances. One of the groups danced to an english song and did some really suggestive moves in their acts. I can’t explain it, you will have to see my videos to believe it.

Videos:

1. 1.http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=45124662
   

2. 2.http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=45123710
   

3. 3.http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=45126366
   

4. 4.http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=45124896