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A Student’s Perspective

November 6th 2008

Apparently, the school publishes an English newsletter or paper. A student had this to say about the recent festival. I’m going back and fixing their mistakes, but here’s what they had to say.
On October 23rd 2008, we had school festival, Youndoojea. At 9:00, starting the principal’s congratulatory, it was held. After principal’s message of congratulations, [...]

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Hear No Korean, Speak No Korean

November 6th 2008

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Here’s the English language classroom, or shall I say, MY classroom. Each floor in the school has two teachers’ rooms. There are maybe 8-12 teachers per room. But this room is all mine; no sharing. I can dick around all I want.
I’ve got a nice wooden desk, some file folders, and the school has provided [...]

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Festival Day (part3)

October 31st 2008

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Friday was sports day at Doowon High School. The teams were segregated by their particular subject field. There was mechanical, design, mechatronics, automatic, electrical, and one other. Each team competed in a number of sports, and they were awarded points with each win.
The first sport was the tug-of-war. The matches were over fairly quickly, because [...]

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Festival Day (part2)

October 29th 2008

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Thursday afternoon, students were called back into the gym for some entertainment. The first showcase was all karaoke. Students took the stage to show off their singing talents and be judged. Surprise surprise, I was a judge. I gave most of the kids 7, because … well, they weren’t that good. And, I couldn’t tell [...]

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Festival Day (part1)

October 28th 2008

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Thursday and Friday were festival days at the school. The premise was just to let loose and have some fun. Thursday, the students had a chance to show off their creativity and talents. While, Friday was a competition day.
The students gathered in front of the school for a couple of speeches, and the events started [...]

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Return to Hermit Kingdom

September 30th 2008

In 2 weeks, I’ll be back in Korea.
I’d been waiting and waiting to hear back from one recruiter about a position in Cheonan. It was a for a new program based at one of the universities. Even though it was at a university, I still would have been teaching elementary students. It would have functioned [...]

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