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I arrived back in Korea to start my second year here on February 27th. We had our first day of the new school year on March 2nd, and it's now been about 7 weeks back at school. And those seven weeks have, unfortunately, seen some of loneliest most anxious moments while living in Korea. I…
5 Types of Classes You'll Have as an EPIK Teacher Every class I teach has a distinct personality which is the puzzling combination of all 30 something personalities in the room. And despite the fact that often those personalities are each perfectly pleasant on their own they can sometimes combine into something truly bizarre.…
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Daejeon Cafe: 1987 Yangbandaek // 1987양반댁 Today's cafe is 1987 양반댁 located in Yuseong very close to the bus terminal. It's a hanok style cafe but being one of the 1987 chain cafe's in Daejeon (are they a chain? Who know's really) the atmosphere is a combination of trendy and eclectic. …
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My First Winter in Korea: Video It's worth mentioning that I'm from Florida. So to be fair this is really the first winter of my entire life. I imagine that the freezing weather and snow get old after a few years but I have to say that I'm surprised how much I enjoyed the…
Daejeon Cafe: Moon Banggu Coffee // 달방구 커피 So I actually visited this cafe a long time ago, before I went back to America, but realized that I never actually made a post about it! (Possibly because I'm not crazy about the pictures I got that day. But whatever.) Moon Banngu Coffee in Galmadong…
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Since I've been slow on posts lately I thought I'd do another day in the life! This particular day was March 8th. I think it's possible that I'm still not over my jet lag since coming back from America because I found myself wide awake before my alarm had gone off at 6:00. No complaints…
February Update: America Welcome to the first monthly update of 2018! (Yes I missed January, sorry about that.) February was a busy month. I officially finished my first year of teaching, my third graders graduated, and I went back to America to see my family! Out of all my other friends and all their school's,…
I arrived in Korea two days before school started and that, of course, meant that when Friday morning rolled around I was still recovering from the jet lag. So the morning of the first day of school found me wide awake at 4:30am with plenty of time to chill a little bit before school started.…
Understanding Your Student's English When you first get to Korea there will be a lot of things that you don't understand. Unfortunately some of those things will be what your students are saying, in English, in an attempt to talk to you. I always always try to at least pretend like I know what…
Tips for Surviving Your First Day as an EPIK Teacher If walking up to my school on the first day amid a literal sea of students staring and gawking at me wasn't enough to make me nervous, then standing in front of my first class of 30 something 15-year-old boys was. Your first few…
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Hours and Miles 