No Shoes
In school, in any housing, and in any traditional restaurant you take off your shoes. Taking your shoes off in the house isn't strange to me at all-- we take off our shoes in our front entrance at home. Restaurants and school, however are different stories.Restaurants you just leave your shoes in the front entrance, where they will have shelving to keep your shoes while you eat. And you'd better be wearing socks. In school, your usual footwear is replaced with some sort of indoor shoe, from sporty slip-on sandals to loafers to actual fuzzy slippers.
Now the strangest part about this for me is wearing socks with outfits that normally would not require them. Today my co-teacher asked why I haven't worn my new Toms to school yet. I told her because it just feels TOO weird wearing socks with them in accompaniment to my skirt! How silly would socks look with your skirt and a pair of Toms? But at school I can be found walking around in my skirt and blouse, socks and sandals. In America when we dress nice, shoes are usually a big part of it. At school in Korea, teachers will show up in a tailor made suit and neon orange tennis shoes. Why not? They're coming off at the front entrance anyways. Then they walk around in professional wear with their cute yellow ducky socks sticking out out of their sandals. Yes, even the men. Sometimes especially the men.
P.S. Just a heads up, you will all be getting cute Korean socks for Christmas. They are awesome. Just please don't wear them with your open toed sandals.
Coming up...
What's Your Name?Right of Way
School Lunch
Shoulders vs. Buttocks
