Sunday, April 18, 2010

Yeouido Cherry Blossom Festival 2010

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The word got around that the Cherry Blossom Festival was cancelled this year in memoriam the sailors who perished in the Cheonan sinking. T...
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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Latest Reading

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Well, I made a trip to the bookstore today, which means I have polished off the latest stack of books. So, without further ado, here are som...
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Friday, April 16, 2010

What's Going On

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1) It's hard to believe it, but week SEVEN of the school year has already passed by! One more week, then it's midterm exams. The d...
Thursday, April 15, 2010

Fun and (MMORPG) Games

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I do a lesson about online gaming with the first graders, so a pair of stories in the Seoul paps caught my eye. The first article concerns ...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Roadwork

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The last two days, the Powers-That-Be have decided to do some very loud roadwork directly outside the windows of my classroom--it is literal...
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Saturday, April 10, 2010

Hillside Flowers

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I posted up a couple of photos showing the very first spring blossoms back on March 16 . For the last three weeks, I've been watching t...
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Friday, April 9, 2010

A Few Photos For Today

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1) Upon arrival at school this AM, we found this banner had been put up: It reads something like: "Seoul City International Exchange an...
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Thursday, April 8, 2010

English Tea

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Chapter 2 of the second grade book (that's HS juniors to you and me) is mainly about Tea, for some reason. So this week we are playing ...
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Education Policy News

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The college admissions process has been in flux since the Lee Myung-bak administration came to power in February, 2008 with a promise to do ...
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Monday, April 5, 2010

Tuttle News Wrap

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1) Went to the FC Seoul vs Suwon match on Sunday; the weather started ot quite nice but had got a bit chilly by the end. Still, it warmed me...
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An Assessment, Part 3

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What's the quality of life like in Seoul? Seoul is an internationsl city at this point, having been dragged forward by it's own des...
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Friday, April 2, 2010

An Assessment, Part 2

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I would not describe myself as someone who believes in luck, but I must say I have been very fortunate in my experience in Korea. It was pu...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

An Assessment, Part 1

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Well, here we are, a solid month into my fourth semester teaching English to high school students in Seoul, South Korea. I am tempted to sa...
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

ROKS Cheonan Summary

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A South Korean naval vessel cruising the Yellow Sea near the NLL (Northern Limit Line), the sea boundary with North Korea, exploded and sank...
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Monday, March 29, 2010

Street Scenes VII

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The Deungchon-ro pedestrian crosswalk ... ... disappeared over the weekend. It was replaced by a regular zebra crossing and a stop light, w...
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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Opening Day 2010

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If last Saturday marked the "official" beginning of spring, what with the period of day and night being of equal length, and so on...
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Shampoo's Friend

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Wow! It's hard to believe that tomorrow ends the fourth week of the new semester. And I'm pleased that it's off to a really gr...
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Politics is Inevitable IV

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Watching American politics from the outside, so to speak, has been a very interesting process for me. I don't devote much space to Ameri...
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Sunday, March 21, 2010

E-Mar-tuh Impor-tuh

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I will be doing a lesson titled "Shopping with Mr Bean" so I went to E-Mart yesterday to get some photos of various departments (k...
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Friday, March 19, 2010

Roboto Teacha, Help Please!

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Classes using robots developed for educational purposes have proven to be effective in enhancing English classes, the Ministry of Knowledge ...
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