A news station came to the my high school last week and filmed one of my classes. The program focused on the English program at my school and the dormitory where many students live. I was nervous for the taping, especially since my co-teacher told me not to prepare any specific lesson as we should … Continue reading
Note: I wrote this post a couple of weeks ago when you couldn’t escape the news reports about North Korea. I read an interesting point of view from an expat on The Huffington Post. I think this opinion sums up what a lot of expats are thinking. April Salchert writes, “Many of us from the … Continue reading
On Saturday, we explored Cheongpyeongsa in Chuncheon, which is about 2 hours from our home. This temple was built in 973. To get there we took a bus from downtown, then took a boat for about 20 minutes and then had a 20-minute hike. A lot of the signs were also in English so we … Continue reading
Alli and I again traveled to Seoul for a second chance to see the sights of one of the world’s biggest cities. We had a better plan going in: we’d stay in a hotel in the Myeongdong shopping area, go up the north tower to get a bird’s eye view of the city, travel to … Continue reading
I’ve been getting a lot of questions from friends and family regarding our safety in Korea. People want to know if we are safe, whether we are planning to stay here, and even if we’ll consider coming home. People want to know if we are concerned about North Korea’s threats. The truth is that I … Continue reading
Teaching at an all-boys middle school is a roller coaster ride of ups and downs. Take a recent Friday for example. I taught five classes. My first class was grade 2 (eighth grade in U.S.), and they seem to be the worst behaved out of all the levels I teach. The students were very disruptive … Continue reading
We use Cool Messenger at my school, which is a type of instant messenger service. Since everyone’s names are in Hangul, it takes me a long time to figure out who I want to write to. I also don’t know very many people’s names yet, though everyone knows mine. A couple of weeks ago, I … Continue reading
The food in Korea is amazing. I was nervous before arriving because I had heard about how spicy Korean food is, and I consider myself a wuss when it comes to spice. But I’ve learned two things: one, the food is not as spicy as many Koreans think it is. On more than a few … Continue reading
Our first trip to Seoul did not go as expected. Prior to arriving in Seoul, we were unusually busy adjusting to living and working in a new country. Alli and I just figured that if we got on the bus, had a place to stay, and made it to the city we would be fine. … Continue reading
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