So today our school (Duksan) held a little flea market of sorts. Not sure for what purpose - maybe as a fund raiser. But anyway, it was pretty neat. I wish that I had brought my camera.
There was a lot of stuff being sold, for dirt cheap prices too! Lots of old clothes, books, stuffed animals, mostly, but there were also backpacks, marbles, hair clips, and much more. The students were pretty good salespeople and by pretty good, I guess I mean aggressive. As soon as I walked onto the playground, I had half a dozen students clamouring around me trying to get me to buy their goods, pushing each other out of the way and competing for my attention. It was hilarious.
The books were mostly old textbooks. I'm not sure what subjects they were, but I found it funny that the students were all still trying to sell them to me, even though I can't read (well, actually, I can read the alphabet, I just don't know what the words mean).
As for the clothes, well, there were plenty of tacky, brightly coloured garments available. The students were trying to sell me skirts and purses, often as a gift for Jen, but also sometimes for me!!! I even had one student try to sell me toddlers' shoes and shirts, and another attempting to get me to purchase 3 inch heels!
Most of the items were only about 50 cents or so, so it was a pretty good price. Each homeroom class had their own table / blanket on the ground and some of the classes seemed to be doing quite well - probably by virtue of their aggressive salespeople getting their friends to buy stuff!!!
All in all, it was kinda random, but a whole lot of fun. I'm glad that I had a chance to interact with the students outside of the classroom.
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