Posts Tagged ‘teach english’
Korea in a nutshell
Friday, April 25th, 2008
Korea has been wonderful so far. Everyone, not just the students are very friendly and eager to learn english. My job was a little difficult at first, but after learning how to talk to the kids and realizing that just having fun with them is a big part of making class fun for everyone, I now feel like a natural.
My jet lag was horrible, it lasted about 2 weeks. I always had trouble sleeping at night. The food here is not what I expected. I was thinking it would be more like Chinese food, but it is not. It is very spicy with lots of uncooked vegetables. Meals are often cooked on the table with many side dishes and soups are very common. Meals are very healthy, spicy and inexpensive.
My apartment is nice. Most all the heating in Korea is done by heating water in the floor. It takes longer to heat up, but once it does you can turn it off and it last all night. Next door to me lives Mike, one of my American co-workers. The only thing between my apartment and my school is a beautiful park that is quite a pleasure to ride my bike through.
I have enjoyed not having a car for once in my life. Public transportation is very inexpensive and well organized. I have become quite the city boy!
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Off to Seoul Korea to teach!
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
I have decided to try teaching English in Seoul Korea! I have been given a wonderful opportunity to travel, experience a new culture and hopefully get those student loans paid off. Pay is really good, free furnished apartment, health insurance, taxes returned to me at completion of contract and a 1 month bonus pay. I have always wanted to travel to an asian country. Another plus is that I will have many afternoons off so that I can continue my studies at the Art Institute. The name of my school is Alice Park. It is themed like Alice in Wonderland with many giant mushrooms and the buildings are characters from the story such as a cat and upside-down house. I will be leaving in early April for one year.
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