My Legacy

It was a tough year, no doubt. I had an open mind coming here and the years served me very very well. I worked much harder than I thought I would. It goes to show that every single teaching experience is diferent when teaching ESL. My school was a slave driver, other schools are more like daycare. My advice to anyone thinking about coming is do it! But what you hear from people will be diferent from others and from your experiences.

And how will my students benefit from my period of sojourn? Well, several of them can now succesfully quote certain (appropriate) lines from the movie Borat. They now know that Sam is a girl's name as well as a boy's. They know what a farmer tan is. Hopefully they'll remember the diference between RICE and LICE. I got some really sweet letters from a lot of students which really made my time here worthwhile. I will really miss my students.

How did I benefit? I'm really good at photocopying. I can drink any Korean under the table (its not hard). I can run a classroom. I can navigate new cities and meet new people. What a cool place to live for one year. But not cool enough to stay forever. I will miss the conviniences like 24 hour restaurants and buying beer at any corner store. The transportation system is amazing and I will miss it. Korea, you are a pain in my ass and I will miss you.