Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Education News

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1) Some misguided government official in China has added the Korean-made TOSEL English proficiency test to the list of state-certified tests...
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Monday, June 28, 2010

Latest From North of the Border

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It's official. These are desperate times in North Korea. Despite their success at building about five nuclear bombs, they still haven...
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Tuttle Update

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Here's what's happening in my little patch of Seoul: Mid-term exams start Thursday, so we have no scheduled classes after lunch on W...
Sunday, June 27, 2010

World Cup Notes (III)

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1) Stay classy, France! You might think that after Zidane's violent head-butt in the 2006 championship match against the Azzuri, the Fre...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Hyde Park Mystery

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This week is my second annual mystery week, in which I have arranged the classroom as a sort of choose-your-own-adventure murder mystery. Ea...
Sunday, June 20, 2010

World Cup Notes (II)

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1) Regular visitors to this little online patch of Seoul are familiar with my co-worker and friend Hwang Tae-shik; it was my turn, so I invi...

Recent Reading

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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - This Newberry Medal winner is the story of Nobody Owens, Bod, who is adopted as an infant by the inhabi...
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Friday, June 18, 2010

Proof There is No God

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Of course I am just being facetious, since everyone knows you cannot prove a negative. Still, the idea of an enormous Jesus statue being zap...
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Thursday, June 17, 2010

I Spy. "Me, too."

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So, I'm spending the first fifteen minutes of class this week playing "I Spy" with my classes. You remember: I spy with my li...
Wednesday, June 16, 2010

World Cup Thoughts (I)

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1) Last night, Brazil was uninspired and mechanical, to say the least, but North Korea scored a goal on them, and that takes some doing. Br...
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Monday, June 14, 2010

This Weather!

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We had a very long winter here in Seoul, and a very mild spring. Temperatures have been cool--although it has also been unusually rainy: the...
Thursday, June 10, 2010

Open Class

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My "Open Class" was Tuesday, when two teachers from a local girls high school came to observe my teaching. The co-teacher announc...
Monday, June 7, 2010

Here and There

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Unfortunately, most of my foreign friends are soccer-phobes, so it is always difficult to get anyone to go to a soccer game with me, even th...
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Saturday, June 5, 2010

How Do You Feel?

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That's "Weary Willie", the morose Depression-era clown character created by the brilliant Emmett Kelly, and together with a ha...
Thursday, June 3, 2010

Election Results

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Voter turn-out was its highest in 15 years for yesterday's "mid-term" elections, with 54.5% of voters casting a ballot in Kore...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

ROK the Vote

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Today was election day in Korea. This election was for province officals (do), city offices (shi), and district (gu) and township (dong) re...
Sunday, May 30, 2010

Makin' Makgeolli

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About a week ago, on Buddha's Birthday, I went to a 막걸리 makgeolli making class that I read about on Jo-Anna's website . Makgeolli ...
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Saturday, May 29, 2010

U.S. Embassy Security Update

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Just thought the folks at home might like to see this. Relax: The U.S. Embassy Seoul transmits the following information through the Embass...
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Friday, May 28, 2010

Annual Job Fair

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The second annual Young-il English Job Fair is in the books, and it was one for the ages. Michael Jackson has good prospects for a contract...
Thursday, May 27, 2010

Late Spring Reading

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The end of the month is nigh, which means it's about time for a new "What I'm Reading" post. By the by, Gentle Reader, th...