It's not your fault. As teachers I know it's easy to think that is, but it's not. Well some things are, of course. We are responsible for ourselves and responsible to always try to make the best lessons we can and do right by our students. But for anyone teaching in a public school,…
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September Update: Mom Comes to Korea!
September Update: Mom Comes to Korea! Brace yourselves ladies and gentlemen this is going to be a long one. September was eventful to say the least. In the beginning of the month at school I was enjoying the accidental success of a particular lesson for my grade one classes that I expected to flop…
The Good Stuff
The Good Stuff Recently I had to end one of my grade one classes early to tell them I was disappointed in their behavior. The next day I had to hold 4 students back after a grade two class to tell them that their lack of effort was disrespectful. Doing that in terms that middle…
August Update: Summer Break
August Update: Summer Break August was a very transitional month. We finished English camp, I got my eight days of summer vacation which I spent relaxing at home, and we started the second semester back up at school. Everyone seems to finally be falling back into their regular routines and as we do the…
Daejeon Cafe: Cafe Jota//카페 좋다
Daejeon Cafe: Cafe Jota//카페 좋다 Back today with another cafe! And another cafe in Galmadong at that. It seems like Galmadong is the place to be for small trendy cafe's recently. We were actually trying to go to another cafe in the area that I've been wanting to post about for a looong time but…
Daejeon Cafe: 100 Sheets // 100시트
Daejeon Cafe: 100 Sheets // 100시트 Back with another cafe post! This time it's 100 Sheets Pancake Club in Daehungdong. Despite being a pancake cafe neither my friend or I were hungry enough to buy pancakes so I can't speak to how they taste BUT they looked amazing. And when my friend asked the…
Why I Love Living in Daejeon, Korea
Why I Love Living in Daejeon, Korea (And why I'm glad I DON'T live in Seoul.) I officially got my Daejeon placement from EPIK on December 14, 2016. My immediate reaction was to start frantically searching for cool cafe's and restaurants and try to figure out where in the city I was hoping to…
Dear New EPIK Teachers
Dear New EPIK Teachers, I think a lot of you will be walking into your schools to work for the first time on Monday. It wasn't all that long ago that I did the same exact thing and to be perfectly honest I'll be walking into school again on Monday with my own set or…
Jeju Video
Jeju Video Sorry I haven't been writing a lot lately but here's something that's actually from a while ago which I never got around to posting! This is just a little video I threw together from my trip to Jeju in July! Hope you enjoy!
Daejeon Cafe: Lune H // 륀에이치
Daejeon Cafe: Lune H // 륀에이치 When I moved to Daejeon about a year and a half ago the first thing I did was to search for pretty cafe's where I could go to study. I remember how hard it was to search for things in Korean and also the feeling of success…









