Making School Supplies Fun

The thing I really like about Korean schools is the fact that the kids always have some awesome gadget. Almost every child has some sort of Angry Birds paraphernalia, like a pencil, pencil case, eraser, etc. Angry Birds is a computer/ Iphone game for those of you who don’t know. 

 

One student has a pencil case shaped like a school bus, with real wheels, and when you pull the string, the pencil case goes flying off the desk (of course I played with it). More common are the pencil cases disguised as stuffed animals, banana splits, éclairs, and I saw a Cookie Monster one too! Erasers are shaped like anything, like they have always been. Many times there are pens of pencils in the shape of a syringe. I’ve seen pencils shaped like candy. Pens the light up and some pens that make noise when you write. But today, I saw the coolest thing ever. I will go on a hunt for this later! Chopstick pens. They look like training chopsticks, and I wondered why my 6^th grade girls all had training chopsticks. And when I asked, they all unsheathed pens! It was amazing. Chopstick turn compass! What will they think of next!