Cough, Hack, Sniffle, Snort.

The fall here has been long, warm and the perfect breading grounds for giant, hungry mosquitoes. (I hadn't really noticed them until Seajin went off to Singapore for a few days and because they tend to ignore my blood when other options are available I suddenly became popular and woke up with a head spotted like a fourteen year old.) the week thought the weather has suddenly moved into it's late fall stage being a wet, cold mess that reminds people that they own jackets.

It has also brought on a rash of maladies and because parents in Korea will send a kid to school as long as they can walk, it seems that everyone around has a cough or a sniffle. I was feeling rough from Wednesday to Friday and while teaching my sixth graders there was a point early in the class right after I coughed into my armpit the rest of the class picked up on their own need to spread germs. It was interrupting the reading we were doing so I stopped and made everyone cover their mouths (Korean kids aren't taught this) and gave them permisson to hack away. They obediently responded and I then made a new rule that the next person to cough, hack, sniffle or snort would be sent out. Unfortunately for me the kids were listening and when I next sniffled they quickly called me out. I hate hypocrites so I bowed my head and took the next couple of minutes staring into the class through the big double glass doors.