Just north of Busan lies a city/suburb called Yangsan. The most southern part of Yangsan, was the last stop on the subway line that I lived on, and took about 25 minutes or so…
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Throughout the two and a half years that I lived in Korea, I had a streamline of health issues. Normally I'm a pretty healthy person, and have never had any really serious medical issues.…
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South Korea typically has pretty stable weather, and natural occurring disasters are rare, ( aside from flooding). Korea is a part of the ring of fire, but has less earthquake activity than its neighbors…
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Many private, and public schools in South Korea have foreign English teachers. This number has been dwindling in recent years, but you can still find teaching positions if that's what you desire.…
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Teaching is teaching right? How different can it be to teach students in South Korea versus America? There are of course similarities, however in this post, I want to highlight some of the major…
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When you are looking to teach overseas, there are certain expectations that you have. I too had great expectations, (no pun intended) for living and teaching in South Korea, however my expectations did not…
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Although I did as much research as I could before going to Korea, nothing trumps going somewhere and experiencing it for yourself. There were other things that I was unaware of before moving, but…
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In the midst of their discussion, the eldest co-teachers asks me if I understood what they were talking about, which of course I did not. She then proceeds to tell me a story of…
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I taught English in Busan, South Korea for two and a half years. Traveling, and living abroad as a single woman can be daunting to some, so I wanted to tell you a bit…