Its been about a month since I accepted the new job but I still have another two before I can leave my Hagwon. Things here continue to spiral downwards and reinforce my…
Its Christmas Eve, my first one in South Korea, first one away from my family and my first one at a hagwon here in Seoul. I’ll leave out the administrative shortcomings in…
Last Friday I finally got my letter of release! I immediately emailed it over to Young Hoon Elementary and first thing Monday morning I had a contract sitting in my inbox. That…
Today I had a second interview. This one at another Hogwon but it appears to be run like an actual school. The owner speaks English fluently, albeit with a thick accent, but…
In case you missed it, my current hagwon is a disaster so I’ve been interviewing and figuring out how to get my letter of release and a new job. I’ve been keeping…
Monday was the start of parent teacher conferences (PTC). We’ve known about them for a few weeks and they are happening all week. Lucky me I had all of mine scheduled for…
I teach cooking class to these little munchkins 5 times a month. At the beginning of every month I am given a recipe to review and then I work with each of…
We continue teaching without pay so have we continued teaching at CPIS in a similar vein to last week with minimal instruction. I hate the feeling that I could be doing more…
Today at CPIS wasn’t that bad. Still no paycheck so we resumed the “no pay = playtime schedule.” I had a lot of preps today so I took a walk enjoying the…
I can’t believe I’m already into my third month here in Seoul! It feels like only yesterday that I was sitting at Forte’s pizzeria eating my favorite two slices, Bacon Chicken Ranch…
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