Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Tell Me Something Good

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Wow! One month of the new school year has already flown by! It's hard to believe. In the Big Scary World(TM), lots of crazy stuff ha...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

κ½ƒμƒ˜μΆ”μœ„

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The first official day of Spring was over a week ago now, back on March 20th, but you wouldn't know it on a typical weekday in Seoul. I...
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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Education News Roundup

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1) Covered by both the Times and Herald , the Korean education community reacts to the latest attempt to clarify and define strategies to r...
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Friday, March 25, 2011

Notebooks and Cellphones

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Notebooks: On the bulletin board at the back of my classroom I have a list of class rules assembled from the "Class Rules" lesson...
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Yeosu 2012 Expo Update

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Many friends know me as a World's Fair buff, or at least a fan of the idea that humans can overcome politics, wars and strife, and meet ...
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Monday, March 21, 2011

Club Saturday

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On Saturday, I met up with Nick and The Stumbler for some pre-season baseball at Mok-dong yagu-jang, Home of the Heroes. The hapless Hero...
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Sunday, March 20, 2011

Outside My Window

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Despite 28% cuts in the facilities budget of the Seoul Office of Education, my school is building a new gymnasium. That's a good thing....
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Friday, March 18, 2011

Education News

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1) This week's education news roundup opens with the headliner, "More 'fat schools' north of Han River", detailing the...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

That Crazy Language We Call English

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I am posting below an email forwarded to me by The Stumbler . Many of these I've heard before, some are new to me, but here they are, a...
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Monday, March 14, 2011

Ground Meeting

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Even though the first day of school was March 2 and the first day of classes was March 3, today was the day of the all-school opening assemb...
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Saturday, March 12, 2011

Suramu Danku, and Hyeongnim Status

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... or Slam Dunk is the name of a Japanese manga comic series familiar to most Korean males under 30. It centers around the Shohoku high sch...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Tuttle Update

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Well, week one of classes for the 2011 school year is finally over. Nineteen to go. A few observations about the new crop of "freshy...
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Monday, March 7, 2011

2011 FC Seoul Home Opener

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2010 K-League Trophy Nice touch, having the Championship Trophy displayed in the "fun park" outside the stadium before the game...
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Friday, March 4, 2011

First Day of Classes

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First day of classes under the belt, so to speak, and all's ... well, much the same. Which isn't bad. My schedule consists of 20 ...
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

A New School Year

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Back in the US, the new school year traditionally begins the day after Labor Day, which is the first Monday in September. They still do tha...
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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Education News Roundup

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I have been out of the loop, but the new school year is just a few days away, so here's the latest goings-on in the Korean education wor...
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Books for the Beach

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One stated reason I went on vacation to a secluded Thai beach was to lay on the sands and catch up on my reading. Forthwith, my reading list...
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Thailand vs. Korea

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Living in Korea has been a revelation to me, an experience I would not take back for anything.  I grew up as a nomad, but settled quite happ...
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Bangkok: One Day

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Bangkok in one day?  Can't be done. I did try, choosing a hotel equidistant from the Grand Palace on one side and the shopping road of...
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Monday, February 21, 2011

Koh Samui: Food and SITCA

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Two great things about vacationing on an island in the Gulf of Siam: Thai food in general, and fresh seafood in particular.  Above is over ...
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