In other news, Will taught a special class in August and September to prepare Jecheon's top English students for a national competition. The competition is called the Ban Gi Moon competition, and it is named after the current Secretary-General of the United Nations. The competition is quite elite - the students have to take several rigorous tests to qualify to compete, and many do not pass. The ones who do, speak near-perfect English. Will taught an extremely difficult course in public speaking and writing on subjects of national and world importance. It was hard work for him, as well as the students, since he had to write his own textbook and didn't leave work until 9pm.
However, we just heard that one of his students won first place, and another of his students won fourth place. This is out of the 100 students who were selected from about a thousand to actually compete. Both students get to take an all-expenses-paid trip to D.C. and to NYC to see the UN, and the first place winner gets to have lunch with Ban Gi Moon himself. Exciting, right? So now Will is known as the best teacher ever.
By the way, the two students are 12 and 10 years old, respectively. And they talked about politics and wrote college level essays. Korea is impressive.
Will's Facebook Status: just got the official results. one of my students won first and another won fourth in the Korean National Ban Gi Moon Competition, an English Language competition that asks students from all over the country their opinions on topics ranging from their personal role model to Koreas role in world affairs and how South Korea should act with North Korea. To even qualify for the competition, my students had to take an English exam to represent their school, another to represent their city, and a third to represent their province. Of the several thousand that took the initial test, and hundred that made it to the final round, my students placed 1st and 4th overall. Hot damn, im so proud! now they get an all expenses paid trip to Washington DC and to New York City, where they will visit the UN Headquarters and meet with UN Secretary General Ban Gi Moon himself. yeah, im a little proud of my kids.
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