Tuesday, November 30, 2010

All The News That Is News

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... or even not really. Koreans, whatever else you may say about them, are readers. Every time I go to the bookstore here, I am amazed at...
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Different This Time, And The Same

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I am referring to the North Korean show of force last week that left two Korean civilians dead.  While it's true that the North has rach...
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Sunday, November 28, 2010

That Time of Year

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It's that time of year again--Thanksgiving? Cold and Flu season? College bowls? Well, yes to all that, and still one more--today is offi...
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Logorama

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The textbook used by my second grade students has a chapter on media infludence and advertising. As I was looking for materials, I came acr...

US Embassy Seoul - To Me

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Artillery Firing into Northwest Islands Off the Coast of Korea The U.S. Embassy in Seoul is transmitting the following information through...
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Monday, November 22, 2010

The Eyes Have It

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My pal Dave, of George Bailey Sees the World , who is the native teacher in the Saturday writing course that runs alongside the public speak...
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Friday, November 19, 2010

Education News

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Three stories of interest have appeared of late in the Korean papers. First, "ADHD cases skyrocket in Korean adolescents", says ...
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Thursday, November 18, 2010

수능 Holiday

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Well, high school seniors hate it, but people like me enjoy it, because 수능, suneung means a day off while the school becomes a testing site...
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Monday, November 15, 2010

What I'm Reading

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Year's Best SF 14 ed. by David G Hartwell and Kathryn Kramer - There was a period in my young yoot in which oh, 70% of what I read for ...
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Sunday, November 14, 2010

XYZ City Photo Exhibit

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Showing at Times Square mall in Yeongdeungpo, a photo exhibit of images of Seoul by eight different artists. Here is a sampling of what I li...
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Field Trip

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My lovely Saturday class went on a field trip yesterday to practice English in the field, so to speak. Our destination was Times Square, a ...
Friday, November 12, 2010

Street Scenes XII: A View From the Top

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... of my building, that is. The sky was crisp and clear blue this afternoon, so I went up to the fifteenth floor lookout of my officetel (i...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

G-19

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I suppose it's inevitable that a Seoul blogger must have a post about the G-20 economic summit that is starting tomorrow: President Obam...
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School Budgets

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About two weeks ago, I went to the annual SMOE NSET workshop, which I barely mentioned here because there was not much to mention. However,...
Monday, November 8, 2010

FC Seoul Tops K-League

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FC Seoul had dropped as far down as fifth place in the middle of the season, but rebounded to take a one-point lead over Jeju United on game...
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Sunday, November 7, 2010

Size Matters

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... at least when it comes to your score on the SAT essay section.  Didn't know the SAT has an essay section?  You're not alone--my...
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Young-il Wizards

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I'm just going to share a few pictures of my second grade students during the "Harry Potter and the Sorting Hat" lesson. The b...
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Friday, November 5, 2010

... And Pack Your Water Wings

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Thanks to alert reader Wei Bo, here is an amusing tidbit from Google Maps. Check out direction number 43: (Click on the image to see larger...
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

공룡!

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A 'new' dinosaur (공룡, if you didn't guess) has been officially catalogued, the first time in the annals that one has been labele...
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