Thought I post something quick like Nick. For those of you who got the Seattle Supersonics reference, give yourself a hug. For those who didn't ; cbar. Yep that's right cbar. One of the many ways Korean children tell their teachers to go nplmu themselves. Gotta love Korean code. Korean children are polite yet some are fairly straightfoward in expressing themselves. I can see the contrast between Japanese children and Korean children. Usually most children are very over worked from all the hogwans they have to go to. At my old hagwon, there was a girl who went to 7 different hagwons.
Collecting homework at my new job is an eventful task that requires the utmost amount of wit and diplomacy. Because in actuality hagwon ESL work is a combination of ESL teaching and customer service. A lot of teachers fall into the traps of being overly harsh or being felt underly appreatied in Korea. They forget the customer service part of the job: if the child is performing well, that is one thing, but the child has to be happy as well. Otherwise you will hear things like : "teacher, teacher, pinishi!" or "I cut this academi." I am perhaps just writing this quick piece to A) give advice and B) make a quick posting. The book idea has been delyaed from the whole moving hagwons and also due to other events that are personal and cannot be disclosed on the information super gossipway. This is Charles signing out, so go nplmu yourself.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Stubbed My Toe and Went to Seoul Aquarium
Good part about the day: I say a movie and went to Seoul Aquarium. There were a lot of animals and attractions. Bad part about the day: I stubbed my toe. It looks purple and I am in Korea. I seriously do not want to go back to CastleVania Korean Rendition. I will try to wait a day or two, maybe this minor annoyance will go away or maybe my toe will fall off. The good news is that I can bend it.
If anyone lives in Korea, you have to make a trip to the Coex Shopping Center. It is worth the visit and honestly it is filled with many exciting things to do. I was thinking of other activities to plan there as well. In case anybody was thinking "what the Lotte", they have a Lotte World there. I have to give the Koreans credit for the abundance of Lotteria; they have been curbing my hunger for fast food. This next paycheck, I am hoping to finally do something about my accursed teeth. So to the best of my ability, I have been trying to just eat traditional Korean food. I feel a lot more energetic from making the switch in diet, but Korean people really lay out the side dishes. I think I spent a little more than I wanted to, but that was because I went out and had this deep dish pizza. It was okay, but not really Chicago style like it said on the menus.
I guess I'll end this with "I'm crossing my fingers, hoping my toe doesn't fall off".
If anyone lives in Korea, you have to make a trip to the Coex Shopping Center. It is worth the visit and honestly it is filled with many exciting things to do. I was thinking of other activities to plan there as well. In case anybody was thinking "what the Lotte", they have a Lotte World there. I have to give the Koreans credit for the abundance of Lotteria; they have been curbing my hunger for fast food. This next paycheck, I am hoping to finally do something about my accursed teeth. So to the best of my ability, I have been trying to just eat traditional Korean food. I feel a lot more energetic from making the switch in diet, but Korean people really lay out the side dishes. I think I spent a little more than I wanted to, but that was because I went out and had this deep dish pizza. It was okay, but not really Chicago style like it said on the menus.
I guess I'll end this with "I'm crossing my fingers, hoping my toe doesn't fall off".
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