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Tag Archives: school
Tales of a Gimnazium Lektor: Part One
A brief reflection on the workaday experience of a foreign teacher working in a Hungarian high school. Continue reading
Posted in Keeping up with the Magyars
Tagged ELL, ESL, gimnazium, Hungary, Kaposvar, lektor, school, teaching
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Happy Thanksgiving from South Korea
All the students at school would like to wish you a Very Merry…Thanksgiving! I admit I’m a bit late with this sentiment, as that day of family feasting is likely fading in some people’s memories as Christmas approaches, but the … Continue reading
Posted in Korea Stories, Shorts
Tagged Goyang, Ilsan, Korea, school, students, Thanksgiving, video
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Closer Than We Think
Do you ever wake up in the morning, pour some milk into a bowl of cereal, and think, “Hmm, I wonder what on Earth children in South Korea eat for breakfast?” Find the responses to this query and plenty of other questions about the daily life of a student in South Korea in this video. Continue reading
More poetry from the classroom
After some brainstorming about sensory details and exploration in the exciting world of similes, a refreshingly fun concept to teach, my 2nd grade class created these haikus together.
Let’s move with the rain,
God is showering at sky,*
Tok tok, it’s like beans. Continue reading
Poems from Korean Children
Greg Teacher: A Haiku Greg is my teacher. Greg Teacher is very tall. I like Greg Teacher My fifth graders collectively A Limerick About a Cat There once was a funny cat. Who was also very very fat. He went … Continue reading
Getting Creative
Last month was my first with a new batch of students and classes. I am now teaching all the elementary grades we have at our hogwon. I teach a different subject to each of my classes and it is only … Continue reading
On: The Hogwon
Most people outside of Korea might guess that the word “Hogwon” is the Korean word for a hog farm or the name of some kind of hog-based commodity. I’ll admit I didn’t have a clue about what a Hogwon was … Continue reading