Recompense

On the way home from school today we were followed by a cute little Korean boy. He said "Hello Joanne!" when he caught up to us, and then a few moments later turned and gestured toward me and said "Man friend!" with a smile. A minute later he said "Run!" and sprinted ten paces ahead before turning around to continue walking with us. We could tell that he was showing off his English vocabulary, but knowing that he was an elementary school student I knew we had almost exhausted it. After walking in silence for a little while longer, we stopped to take off our jackets. While I was putting my jacket away, Joanne continued talking to our adopted Korean boy. "I'm hot" Joanne commented, and he replied "I'm cold because I am very wiiiindy" while waving his arms above his head.

Kids like that make up for a day with students that couldn't care less about English.