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I’m back…
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, th...
In with a bang, out with a…
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 ...
Teaching in Gimje…
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 ...
Since March 2009…
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 s...
since September 2008…
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. Un...
Fin de siècle…
Image via Wikipedia The previous six posts are important to me, and there may be some things that you, my reader may find interesting, even entertaining. I put these ‘stories’ on my blog for a number of reasons: This is quite good work ...
The Morning Star Girl’s Middle School in Gimje…
I finally have a number of posts to put on this blog written by my 2nd grade (8th grade in the USA) girls. All of these six ‘stories’ cover their class trip they took in late April. They had a chance to go to the Korean equivalent of Disneyworld ...
outages…
This post is not that important other than to let my readers (plural?) know that my internet connection at home has been down for the last week… No Internet… No Post… I do want to let you know that my 2nd grade (8th grade back in the USA…) cl...
spring is ending …
I’ve gotten a lot of comments about the spring blossoms here at my two schools. They certainly were spectacular! But, they are mostly gone now. Things are warming up, and I can expect that summer is fast approaching. To show you, I have a few pictu...
English Names…
Most of my Korean English teachers and some of my students have ‘English Names’. For some of the students, they are given names when they attend after school academies for English lessons. This naming invariably leads to some typical (read ‘bor...
Spring at Gimje Middle School…
Not to be outdone, I took some pictures at the boy’s school this week too! I took these on Thursday morning…. finally, this is a view of the house and backyard to the north of my office… Technorati Tags: South Korea,Gimje,School P...
a writing contest…
Image by riehler via Flickr I guess this may be a head’s up that within the next couple of weeks I will posting some of the results of my 8th grade girls English ‘story’ competitions. The fact that their work will be on the internet was a grea...
the name of my school
Image via Wikipedia One of the ‘bell ring’ activities I use when teaching middle school students (a ‘bell ring’ activity is something that you start the class with, which lasts three of four minutes to get the students prepared to go throu...
School Uniforms…
First off, I should apologize for the dearth of postings in this blog this week. I’ve been trying to get over a spring cold for the last week… So… in the last month I have been asking all of my students some general questions. One of the first ...
my bus ride home….
Image via Wikipedia I ride the bus to work, I ride the bus back home… five days a week. This comes to about 500 minutes a week! So, I made a little video to show you what such a large chunk of my work week is like… Posted in Korea, my apartm...
