Teaching in Korea
At School with a Little Bit of Time to Spare
The school year is winding down in Korea. I thought this would be a good time to do a little writing. In Korea, the scholastic year is quite different from Canada. It begins in March, and the students go to school on Saturdays twice a month. They get a six week summer break, and after ...
Christmas & New Years in the Land of the Morning Calm…
2009 is finished. It’s now the year of the tiger; technically it’ll be year of the tiger starting mid-Febuary. It’s been a crazy month. I have: Extended my contract with EPIK: This was touch and go for a while. I changed my mind again and again. In the end I decided to keep put. It was ...
Twas the week before Christmas…
I’ve officially signed on again with EPIK for one more year. I finalized the paper work with immigration on Friday. My masters application still isn’t finished, but I figure it’ll all be sent in some time early this coming week. I’m still wrangling references. I had a reference letter sent in from Canada ...
Winter Unvacation
The bike has left me with a few lingering aches and pains, but I’m almost better now. I’m thankful for my luck and that the accident wasn’t too serious. Not everyone who rides a motorcycle is so lucky. I’ve been meaning to write sooner but things are getting busy over here. I have another impending ...
It’s that Time of the Year…
It’s what I call the ‘3 month rule’. Basically it means that whether you’re planning a vacation or looking for that next job, you should start moving on things at least three months ahead. My contract is up March 1st so now I’m actively looking for that next job. Last week I got the renewal ...
Recent EPIK Developments
I’ve been somewhat busy over the last couple of weeks. My partner teacher has taken a more active interest in our lessons together lately since our school is getting it’s very own dedicated English classroom. So lately I’ve been helping him out with his ‘classroom English’ as well as teaching English in English. He told ...