A week ago I was just leaving Samnye South Korea, and now I am starting to get settled (just a bit) back in Grand Rapids Minnesota (USA). For good or ill, this last week feels like it took about 5 years to get through. So…last week… and now, this week… I am thankfully past the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Jeonju’
I finally finished my stay at the language camp (21 days…sheesh!), and now I only have about 48 hours until I leave Jeonju for good. There are so many things that I enjoyed during my stay in this city. I’ve had the very good fortune to meet and work with some great teachers, to teach [...]
In with a bang, out with a…
Posted in English, Korea, my apartment, School, Teaching, tagged Gimje, Jeonju, Korea, picture on July 22, 2009 |
I started this blog about a month after I get here in Jeonju South Korea. My time teaching in Gimje is now over (sadly enough), and I am now preparing to teach at an immersive, three week language camp. This task will not allow me to have any online access, so this post will have [...]
Teaching in Gimje…
Posted in English, Korea, School, Teaching, tagged Gimje, Jeonju, Korea on July 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In the last several months I have gotten a number of inquiries from potential teachers asking what life in Gimje is like. Since I am now finished teaching in Gimje, I thought I would summarize my experiences for future teachers benefit. The crux of the issue for most of these questions is: how does teaching [...]
Since March 2009…
Posted in Korea, my apartment, School, Teaching, tagged Gimje, Jeonju, Korea, picture on July 12, 2009 | 5 Comments »
At the beginning of March 2009 I started teaching in Gimje, once again. This time I would be teaching at both the Gimje Middle School as well as the Morning Start Girl’s middle school (a private school…). The Girl’s school… like the sign says… I’ve been teaching at both of these two schools for the [...]
since September 2008…
Posted in Korea, my apartment, School, tagged Gimje, Jeonju, Korea, picture on July 12, 2009 |
AS I prepare to leave Korea (sooner than I thought!), and I finish my last week teaching in the public schools, I thought that this would be a good time to look over all that I’ve experienced, accomplished, and seen over these very short months. Unfortunately this is July, the rainy season, and I am [...]
the things I used to notice…
Posted in Korea, tagged Jeonju, Korea, picture on July 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When I first arrived in Korea, and got settled in Jeonju I started to see a number of seemingly small things that were quite surprising to me…then. Now I rarely notice these things… · I would see very old women (well past 70 years) walking down the streets or alleyways using a baby stroller. At [...]
Another slow day…
Posted in Korea, my apartment, tagged Jeonju, Korea, video on June 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
My time left here in Korea is dwindling; my time teaching for this semester is coming to a close. My first few months here were filled with a lot more confusion, and interest. Essentially, all I have is a 5 day a week job (just like everybody back in the USA…), and it really feels [...]
my day off…
Posted in Korea, my apartment, tagged Jeonju, Korea on June 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Today I had one of those rare days off… I wasn’t needed at the Girl’s school today as they were involved in standardized testing ( a case where my lack of Korean is a REAL hindrance…). So, I planned to spend a large portion of the morning getting some school related work done (lesson plans [...]
What I’ve learned so far…
Posted in Korea, my apartment, technology and tools I use..., tagged Jeonju, Korea, laptop on May 9, 2009 |
Image via Wikipedia Before I came to Korea I looked over as many online resources as I could find. I found hundreds of blogs and travels sites. I found sites with information that I now know to have been obsolete for nearly five years, even as late as last August (2008). I was told that [...]
