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Chris on February 19th, 2010

The title pretty much sums up what happened to me….I got the H1N1 flu.  A couple of months ago, there was mass hysteria about the flu and EVERYONE in Korea was freaking out about it.  Since then, people have forgotten about it and most kids have the first round of the vaccine.  Soooooo, if I [...]

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Chris on January 15th, 2010

This is just going to be a post of what one of my students wrote.  I asked my highest level class to write me an essay about ANYTHING they wanted.  Posted below is what one of my students wrote.  I didn’t change/correct anything in any way.  This is what my student had to say: “I [...]

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Chris on December 15th, 2009

Okay…I don’t actually update regularly….but, I do have a lot of cool shit I have been doing!  Here is one thing you MUST do if you are in Korea.  Dr. Fish!!! What is Dr. Fish??  Dr. Fish is an area in a coffee shop in Korea where they have tanks in the floor so you can [...]

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Chris on October 19th, 2009

Chris Teacher!!! So, my name is Chris Teacher at the hagwon (hagwon means private language school…I think).  I have now completed my first week of school!  I went into the whole ordeal knowing I did not like children and did not like helping/teaching people.  So, I thought I would have HATED my first week at [...]

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Chris on October 18th, 2009

South freaking Korea So, what the hell kind of hell hole am I living in while in South Korea????  Well, I actually took a video of it!!!   AND I took some pictures to boot!  This is the link to the YouTube video…CHECK it out!  It really isn’t very interesting, but if you are researching ESL [...]

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