Teaching in Korea
Some Afterthoughts on Recent Travels and Life Abroad
It’s now been just over three years since I came to Korea, and close to a month since I finished my road trip so I figure this is a good time for reflection. I started traveling on July 26th and I arrived home on August 13th. In all, I spent 13 days traveling around the ...
Open Class and Letters to the Teacher
Summer vacation has finally arrived! I won’t be teaching any more classes until mid-August when I have to do a one week camp. The weeks leading up to summer vacation have been good. I had to make my own materials and lessons for camp and I also hosted an open class so I’ve kept myself ...
I Can Type with Nine Fingers
I had a small accident with the utility knife today. I cut a nice slice into my finger on the left hand. Nothing too bad, but man nine digit typing feels odd. I’ve got four classes left to teach this week, and then I’m done teaching until the end of August! ...
Falling apart I am!!!
The Korean school year is almost half over now. It’s hard to believe. It turns out I will be teaching some courses this summer, thankfully only for a week. The suck of it is that I’ll be teaching the courses ‘as I please…’ which means I’ll have to come up with a small curriculum and ...
Night and Day – Saying Thanks
The difference in my second and third years in Korea are like night and day. After last year, I wasn’t sure if coming back again would be a good decision. But today I am two months into my new working contract. So far switching to public school has been really great. ...
Public display of Affection
I’m pretty much settled into the new job and I have to say so far I am really loving it at public school. I was nervous when I found out that I would be at middle school but so far everything is quite good. My paycheck for March was in full and ...