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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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 [...]
Popping my OE cherry Okay, so I am a virgin to the whole OE (Overseas Experience) and therefore haven’t ever been on a flight longer than 6 hours. I flew Asiana Airlines for 14 hours from Chicago to Seoul…and it was pretty flippin’ nice! I mean, I did leave at 1am Chicago time, so I [...]
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I am now packed for my year long contract to teach ESL in South Korea! Here is a list of what I packed. I researched a lot of other blogs and websites to find out what I can and cannot find while in Korea. Find out your baggage allowances I am flying Asiana Airlines. Asiana [...]
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Well, today, which is Wednesday I had an appointment at 10:30 at the NBC Tower in Chicago at the Korean Consulate. Allllll the way up on the 27th floor. The view was pretty great actually, although I didn’t have a camera with me and my phone camera wouldn’t do the view justice. The preparation Well, [...]