Let me preface the following post by saying that I received it as a comment on my Anti English Spectrum post, but decided that it should be posted as a post on its own. I removed all names as I have not had the opportunity to talk with the people named in this letter. I…
Can you spot the Konglish at work in this essay or is it a simple matter of poor word choice? Related posts:KMK: Gangnam Teacher TurmoilKMK: AvalonKMK: Teaching in KoreaKMK: You want a Piece of me?KMK: Values Collide in the Workplace
Recently, the Gangnam City Board of Education has introduced an addendum to all the contracts of English teachers working in the district. Now teachers in gangnam will not be offered housing and instead will receive a monthly housing stipend. The word came down from on high via email: This email is for all the teachers…
I have breaking news, or rather it’s breaking for me, about my old stomping grounds Avalon English. I just read on two different blogs about Avalon’s new “guidelines” concerning Swine Flu. Leave it to my ex to give swine flu hysteria fertile ground to flower. The scoop on both TheMetropolitician and Brian in Jellanam-doportrays Avalon…
I’m well into the third week of my new public school job so I think this would be a good time to give you all my impressions so far. First, I’ll throw in a little context. I came to the public school system from two years of hogwon indentured servitude. Hyperbole aside I had dealt…
An experience in class after teaching for a few days… Class: Teacher! John cunning! Me: I guess. He does seem pretty slick that, John. Class: No, teacher! Cunning! Me: Okay, but he’s not master spy or anything. Then I got blank looks and more screams of Cunning! So that was introduction to the wonderful world…
I can’t believe six months have come and gone since I’ve been in Korea. I have to say that at the half way mark I’m finding that I’m enjoying the experience more than I thought I would. I’ve been lucky that the kids in my classes have been great for the most part. There are…
I am torn. I’ve been applying to schools left and right, but there’s always something missing from the offer. I want to be in Seoul or near it at least, but the couple offers I received were way, way out in the boonies which reminded me of Whoopi saying she was wandering around the black…
