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May Update: Warm Weather and Good Vibes May has been a good one. I finally feel like I'm really past that weird funk I was in at the beginning of the school year and the strangeness of starting again has worn off. I'm still as busy as ever but exhausted after a long…
When you're living in a country that's so homogeneous it's people took note when the foreign population jumped from 1% to 3% it's easy to feel like you're fighting a losing battle in terms of "fitting in" with the country and culture around you. In a bizarre turn of events, one of the hardest things…
Continue reading ➞ Ways to Get Connected While Living Abroad
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…
It's been a while since I made a cafe post so I'm glad to finally be doing one again! Things have gotten super busy for me since I started playing volleyball and if I'm gone on the weekends that leaves me with almost no time for cafe hopping. But thankfully, yesterday I found some time…
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 have been in Korea for a year. Today is the last day of school and I'm writing this from my desk as the office is descending into utter chaos while the grade three students storm in and out with questions for their home room teachers about if they're having a snack party later, what…
One of the major perks of teaching middle school are the multitude of ridiculous things that I get to hear on a daily basis. Whether it's something clever and witty from a high level student, something bold from a kid who's inflated ego has managed to disregard the fact that they can't put together a…
Continue reading ➞ Things My Students Have Said to Me: Part 2
As I try to look back on this past year in Korea and come to some sort of conclusion about things I've learned or ways I've changed, I can't seem to come up with any clear answer. I've learned a lot and certainly changed in a lot of ways, but Korea is not a complete…
We've hit double digits! This has been an absolutely packed month. Between my sister coming to Korea, our weekend trip to Japan, Thanksgiving, the first snow, signing my contract for another year in Korea, and planning my trip back to America, I've hardly had any time to process it all. But it's been a good…
Hours and Miles 