My Vice Principal is such a tool. To give you a recent example: I was frantically running around to get a worksheet put togather and he pulls me aside to waste over 5 mintues of my time to tell me that "Curry is the national food of India ( Read more... )

During my first semester at Changpo the decision makers got the dimwitted idea that the best thing to do with a Native English Teacher was to schedule him to teacher every single class in every single grade during the semester.  This means that I would see all 36 classes of 7th-9th graders 2 or 3 times a semester.  Because this was a waste of time ( Read more... )

Sorry the posts have been so lame, but I have gone right back to working my tail off at work. I have begun my first multi class period project. Its all about superheroes and thier powers. Students already know about Ironman, The Incredible Hulk, X-men (although they can name a single one), Superman, Batman, and Wonderowoman. So far showing them the ( Read more... )

I have never done well with heat. Chicago used to torture me with oppressive humidity in the summer despite winters that often reached below zero. Flagstaff was the only place I looked forward to summer with summers that never went above 80 F and almost no humidity. It was the only place that I have ever lived without air conditioning and was ( Read more... )

So I have an English Camp this weekend.  Meaning I have no weekend as i will be working 6 hours on both Sat and Sun.  I just got finish with a group of students that I had stuffing thier face with potato salad sandwich.

These English camps are kind of a pain in the ass, but the extra money makes it worth  it.   It is also the chance to work with ( Read more... )

My Korean coworkers a full of surprizes.  It really go to show that I can never tell what coolness that coworker that i have never spoken too because we dont speak eachothers language might be up to.  Today I got invited to a co-workers  house with the Principal and Vice-Principle. I love how I am among the top 3 most important people to invite to ( Read more... )

Just when I thought that it was time to sit on my laurels and teach the same lessons from last semester to the fresh group of first graders that I go this year, I got slammed with the teacher's classes and accepted my Sat.  Classes ( Read more... )

So the most peculiar thing happened today.  The congressional elections are on April 9th so people have been campaigning frequently and loudly around town.

The new president was born about 20 minutes away from where I live and to my surprize he visited Yanghak today.  It was bizzare.  Our usually quiet school was in utter chaos with reporters, ( Read more... )

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So I feel that I have been mostly rapping about the news lately rather than documenting La Vida Coreo.  Not sure why, but it seems that some music bands and certain news items have really been capturing my attention lately.

Last night we (the EPIK Kidz +Allison) went out for crab in Jukdo market.  It was EPIK Netty's first time eating crab and we ( Read more... )

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