The Seoul Patch

Read the ramblings of a middle-aged American teacher, writer and soccer coach teaching English in Seoul, South Korea since August, 2008. Expect entries on education, lesson planning, politics, soccer, food, culture ... and travel

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Summer Camp Video

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I'll have a thorough rundown of my awesome two weeks in China soon (EDIT: Not that soon, it turns out, but the Beijing part starts here:...
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Thursday, August 9, 2018

So You Wanna Visit China ...

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… Well, good luck! Turns out, I'm going on Saturday, for two weeks. This will be my fourth visit to China, and by far the most difficu...
Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Travel List

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In three weeks, I will have been in Korea for ten years. When I go home, or talk to family, they occasionally raise the question, "Whe...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Korean Fast Food

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Of course, Seoul being a very modern place, there are loads of fast food restaurants like KFC (first to blanket the country), Subway (world...
Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Flyer

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People between jobs do piecework. They do any number of things, apparently one of them being handing out flyers in front of subway station ...
Saturday, July 14, 2018

My Saturday Night

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It's easy to see I don't blog very much anymore, and I feel generally that that's because I've pretty much said everything I...
Saturday, June 2, 2018

Curious Canvassing

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Next Wednesday is Korean Memorial Day (6/6), and the Wednesday after that is local election day. Both of these are national holidays, and w...
Thursday, May 31, 2018

Korean Drinksie

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After a long hiatus, I met up with The Stumbler at our old haunt in Gangseo-gu cheong, at Saemaul Shikdang (New Village Restaurant), for an...
Monday, May 21, 2018

Seoul Subway Signage

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I've been meaning to write this post for a while, then at least two people asked me this week-end if I was ever going to resurrect thi...
Thursday, April 19, 2018

Seonyudo Park

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About once a month, the teachers in my office, the 교과실, are allowed to leave campus in the afternoon for a "team-building" exper...
Monday, April 16, 2018

Signs of Spring

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1) Blossoms - if you've come to the Seoul Patch with any regularity, you have seen hundreds of flower photos. You're about to see a...
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After twenty-plus years teaching science and math in semi-rural Georgia, I have been in Seoul, South Korea teaching Conversational English to Seoul public school students since 2008. So far, so good.
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