day 74school days

school days

Talk about school days in Korea, from the morning bell to school trips and school lunches, and say “since someone suggested it, I …” with -자기에.

today’s words

• 고 go · high school (고 3: final-year pupil)
• 고교생 gogyosaeng · high-school student
• 초등 chodeung · primary, elementary (초등 1학년)
• 등교 deunggyo · going to school (in the morning)
• 하교 hagyo · going home from school
• 통학 tonghak · commuting to school
• 파하다 pahada · to end, be over (학교가 파하다)
• 전학 jeonhak · changing schools, transfer
• 교무실 gyomusil · staff room (in a school)
• 교원 gyowon · teacher, teaching staff
• 교직 gyojik · the teaching profession
• 스승 seuseung · teacher, mentor (respectful)
• 급식 geupsik · school meals, meal service
• 쪽지 jjokji · note, slip of paper; (쪽지 시험) quiz
• 빈칸 binkan · blank, empty space
• 베끼다 bekkida · to copy
• 모범생 mobeomsaeng · model student
• 학창 hakchang · school (days) (학창 시절)
• 수학여행 suhangnyeohaeng · school trip
• 시청각 sicheonggak · audiovisual (시청각 교실)
• 시범 sibeom · demonstration (시범을 보이다)
• 인성 inseong · character, personality (인성 교육)
• 교훈적 gyohunjeok · instructive, with a moral
• 교육적 gyoyukjeok · educational

sentences

• 초등 1학년은 9시까지 등교한다. · First-year primary pupils get to school by nine.
• 고교생 때는 버스로 한 시간씩 통학했다. · In high school I spent an hour each way on the bus.
• 숙제를 안 해서 교무실에 불려 간 적이 있다. · I was once called to the staff room for not doing my homework.
• 그 선생님은 긴 근로 시간에도 교직을 지켰다. · Despite the long working hours, that teacher stayed in teaching.
• 교원들은 인성 교육과 다양성 교육에 힘쓴다. · Teachers work hard on character education and teaching about diversity.