Month: March 2010
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The Man in the Orange Jacket vs. The Visor Lady
Almost everyday we see things or come across things that make us stop and wonder how anything gets accomplished here in Korea. The entire county seem so to operate on backwards/sideways logic, it’s similar to chaos theory but slightly more random. Last week however, I was proved wrong. Laura and…
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Students
For the amount of time I spend at school, I talk very little on here about my students. I guess it’s because they are such a part of my everyday life that I don’t really notice the funny things anymore. Here are some highlights. Roopio In one of my older…
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J’étais un professeur de français pendant un jour
Our friend Wendy had the unfortunate pleasure of working at a completely and utterly ridiculous school. There is a lot of back story to help explain why they are ridiculous but suffice to say they rarely paid her on time, they fired Nollie, and the school looks like a part…
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Coming out of Hibernation
In true Canadian fashion, Jacob and I have spent the last 2.5 months holed up in our apartment trying to avoid winter. While winter may not have been as cold here as what we were used to, it was still just as miserable as I remembered. Korea has unfortunately not…
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Teaching English in South Korea – General Information
When we were deciding whether to come to South Korea to teach we had many questions. Leaving our comfortable home life was a major decision and it was sometimes difficult to make an informed decision. You can never know the details of what it will be like but it sure…
Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids 