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Sports Day at Sinjang From koreaman in completely lost in translation (354 days old)

Thomas Hackney 18th November 2008 Inter-school essay competition I have been asked to write an essay giving a glimpse into the life of a native English teacher, here in Korea. Having been here fo… more

Blog No.11 "One night with the Vice" From koreaman in completely lost in translation (844 days old)

As with most of my more interesting days I hadn't anything planned other than perhaps a late night because of the public holiday the next day.I spend an unnatural amount of time in my staffroom wh… more

Blog No.10 "3 legged Sports Day and second hand shoes" From koreaman in completely lost in translation (844 days old)

Earlier on in the week I was made aware that on Wednesday afternoon there would be some kind of sports event taking place. This information only came about because my infamous "teachers class&quo… more

Blog No. 9 "This week I went to church" From koreaman in completely lost in translation (869 days old)

Disclaimer: Sorry this is bloody long! In my defence I had no lessons on Tuesday as my kids were having exams.I actually went to the MyungSung Presbyterian church in an area of Seoul called GangDong. … more

Blog No. 8 "Open class" From koreaman in completely lost in translation (876 days old)

6 weeks ago, when I started doing what is described on my contract as 'teaching' I can now only just recall the horror I felt when I was told that I'd be having an "open" class. … more

Blog No.7 "We're going underground" From koreaman in completely lost in translation (886 days old)

It's has been a while since I last wrote anything, mainly because things have been pretty quiet out here. There's not been any great surprises, no big misunderstandings, no boiled turds to eat… more

Blog No.5 "Do you want to go for a drink?"" From koreaman in completely lost in translation (894 days old)

It's not an unusual question, if asked it by a heterosexual co-teacher you'd be hard pushed to misunderstand the question, no? Well that's just not the case over here! Any question which s… more

Blob No.4b "Happy Birthday Buddha" From koreaman in completely lost in translation (899 days old)

As I'm sure you all know, today (Thursday 25th May) is Buddha's big day? I find it always helps to remember birthdays when I'm given a day off work to celebrate. Good old Jesus' big day won't be forgo… more

Blog No. 4a "Orientation week" From koreaman in completely lost in translation (899 days old)

After my first week of teaching, I am quickly packed off in the second week for a four day, "orientation" course (I wont read anything into that, just a coincidence). The idea of the course is to … more

Blog No.3 "I'll miss you Franca" From koreaman in completely lost in translation (906 days old)

This week a really special person in my life passed away and I can't be there with her family. Franca is her name and I feel truly blessed to have had her in my life. Franca is the mother De' … more

Blog No.2 "First week as a paid clown" From koreaman in completely lost in translation (913 days old)

Due to the relative success of my first blog (my mum and my sisters are over the moon that I can string more than 3 sentences together) I would like to dampen down any expectation of th… more

Blog No.1 "You do know I've never taught before?" From koreaman in completely lost in translation (920 days old)

Welcome everyone (I am aware that this will probably only read by a few friends and family for the first week or two but it might still make a nice diary for me and my mum)So now I've arrived in H… more