Teacher's Day
5/16/2011
Here in Korea, May 15 (yesterday) is Teacher's Day. This is DEFINITELY a holiday that should be picked up back in the United States.
The students bring gifts for their teachers. I was given a virtual garden of flowers:
I also received cards, candy, some really nice men's facial lotion/aftershave/deodorant from Chanel and Kiehl's, and 100,000KW (about $90) from the PTA, but the gift that really shocked me was... an engraved pen from Mont Blanc:
If you're not familiar with Mont Blanc.... well, the metal on the pen is platinum and that's a sapphire on the clip.
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