Teaching in Korea
"Un-Re-contracting" Dinner
Friday was our “re-contracting dinner”. Medical exam in-hand, I went to Yuseong Hotel to sign up for another year (same city, but new school). I’m still looking for other jobs in post-secondary, but it’s nice to know that I’ve at least got something if it doesn’t work out. I received 3 copies of my next contract ...
Gearing Up and Winding Down
So my paper was passed in thirteen days ago. As of yet, there is no word on grades. These days I’m busy with other things though. I’ve got two camps this year. The first one is from Dec. 27-29th and the second from Jan. 3-7th. I’ll have a week of prep (desk-warming) before my long-long-long-awaited ...
What We Have Here Is…
failure to communicate. An interesting question that has occurred to me lately is: What do you do when you don’t get along with your KT? So far it doesn’t affect our classes too much. Regardless of whatever events happen during the lead-up to a class I’ve been able to put on a good face for our students. ...
E2 Visa Blues: Getting that Univeristy Diploma Verified from Korea
As most ESL teachers probably know by now, the Korean Immigration Services has ‘improved’ the E2 visa process. You can find the details here. Basically the criminal check has gone national, and now they’re verifying our qualifications. For people who haven’t come to Korea yet, this won’t be a problem, just follow whatever instructions you ...
Korea & IE Plus My EPIK Work-Day
Korean Air as seen by firefox Today started out well. I got a call from one of my schools and had my days classes canceled. This doesn’t mean I get to go home and kick up my feet. Rather I will spend my day ‘lesson prepping’. So while I was surfing the net on a ...
Here’s what’s happening in Korea this week
Kimchi Crisis! A wet hot summer means there isn’t enough leafy green to satisfy the nations appetite for kimchi. The result? Cabbage prices have gone through the roof! One head of Cabbage will set you back 15000W over here! The government is going to be allowing imports of chinese cabbage. Kim Jung-un Kim Jong-il’s heir apparent has finally ...