Screw War Let's Teach
So this is it, the afterglow; what I’ve been thinking about for so long has finally come — total relaxation and a time to really reflect on all those things really missed so much.
A 5th grader in one of the afternoon classes was caught drawing a caricature of Jason Teacher. With less than three weeks until departure from a year long adventure teaching English in South Korea, Jason Teacher could barely contain his emoticons. He snatched the picture from her unsuspecting fingers, and after examining it carefully, was […]
It’s been one of those months you just want to end, which is too bad because of all the wonderful sunshine. We’ve been preparing since the end of May for two days of Kindergarten open days which are happening right now. This is a time for the parents to see where their money has been […]
Over the weekend, we went to the Boseong Green Tea festival held in the neighboring town of — you guessed it — Boseong.
Remember back in grade school when you got those random days off during the week for so called “teacher seminars”? Ever wonder what that actually meant for the Teacher? Not me. I was jumping for joy at the thought of Mega Man 2 and beanbag chairs. But for the first time this past Thursday, I […]
Sorry for the lack of posts lately, but it has been a long month. Sickness, scheduling conflicts, shitty weather, students that just don’t know when to shut the eff up…. it all added up to one miserable March. It was probably the hardest month for us since coming here in September. A lot of times […]
Moving on to bigger and better things; Elementary School. Thank God they are only young once.
Kinder graduation has come and gone, and aside from a slew of technical difficulties, the show went smoother than soju. I may even opt for a career in professional back up dancing or traditional monster-ing once this teaching gig ends. “Ha! Ha! Ha! Na nun sheem pahn jah!” Now we have new classes and new […]
Today, we saw for the first time bandannas selected by one of the Korean teachers for the kinder students to wear during their song and dance, “Summer Nights”. “Don’t you think these look a lot like marijuana leaves?” I asked one of the Koreans. “What!? Really!? No it’s maple leaf.” Given the violent history between […]
No, it’s not global warming, peak oil, or another financial bust, it’s Kindergarten graduation! Apparently, this is a big deal in Korea (yet another thing added to the list of lies my recruiter told me). The “2010 Variety Show” features a full line up of skits, sing-a-longs, dances, and drum solos to be performed by […]