Predictions

When volunteering in a local second grade classroom, I was reminded of how it's important to make predictions. Therefore, here are my predictions (based on what I've read online, in books, and have been told by Americans and Koreans) about Korea.

1. The Korean elementary school children I will be teaching will have better manners in the classroom than most American schoolchildren in public schools.

2. Gum is not allowed in school. I gather that too maybe it's not a socially-acceptable thing to chew gum at work.

3. There will be a lot fewer "special needs" children, and none actually labeled as such, at the elementary school.

4. Most everyone will stare at me but I'll get used to it.

5. Even though I'm petite, I will have a hard time finding pants that fit.

6. I will have a hard time finding cheese in Korea. Luckily, I've been wanting to try a diet free of dairy so I predict it will be easy to have a dairy-free diet.

7. I won't have a microwave in my tiny furnished apartment.

I hope to check up on these later to determine if they are true or not. As with making predictions when reading, I don't care if my predictions end up being correct or not; I only care that I learn what *is* correct and move on with my new-found information! :)