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The Best of Times, the Worst of Times

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Joe

I’m going to start this post off by admitting that the blog format is highly inadequate to cover everything I experienced during my two and a half month sublet in Berkeley, California. In fact, my previous post How a Destination … Continue reading →

Posted in California, Self-Development | Tagged Big C swing, CAL, California summer 2016, condensing information, donald trump, Fargo scene with wood chipper, Hal Holbrook quote, Into the Wild, making tough decisions, Ocean Beach, philosoraptor meme, pokemon go memes, rabbit covered in tar, San Francisco, sanbon, ten thousand new students at Berkeley, the simpsons, trump in sewer, UC Berkeley, UCB | 3 Comments

Why I Left Korea

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Joe

Even though I did a pretty thorough job of explaining why I had to flee the Sanbon Feinschule last post, that didn’t mean I had to leave the nation of South Korea. My Hagwon was a pathetic excuse for a school, … Continue reading →

Posted in Korea, Photo Heavy, Teaching English | Tagged adventure time, African Americans in Harlem, Airport limousine, ALF, alien life form, All Koreans all the time, Bilbao, Brad Brennan, Bundang Line, chart with hard languages to learn, CIEE is a scam, Downtown San Francisco, Eiffel Tower, Feinschule, Feinschule is a joke, France, Gangnam, Guggenheim Museum, gunpo, Hagwon commute, Hangeul, hidden note, Incheon Airport, is CIEE legitimate, Jews in Brooklyn, Korea is a stone city, Korean apartment complexes, Korean Culture Center NYC, Korean washing machine, Lady Rainicorn, laying cards on table, Madison Square Garden, metro lines in Seoul map, Middle aged Korean woman getting a massage, new teacher save yourself, Paris, proud to be an american tattoo, racism, Rawol, sanbon, Seoul, Seoul metro is frustrating, Seoul Station, south korea, Spain, Strawberry shortcake, Suwon, suwon immigration map, tiny green Korean towel. is CIEE legitimate | 20 Comments

Teach in Korea – Training Week

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Joe

Not just anyone can teach small children. If you think you can walk into a classroom with no prior experience and get the kids to sit still, listen, and (above all) learn without any training, you’re creating a recipe for … Continue reading →

Posted in Korea, Teaching English | Tagged 12 years a slave, 5 steps, Aegukga, aren't you embarassed, baited and tricked, Bart Simpson, children of the corn, classroom on fire, culture, denzel washington, eagle class, education, ethan hawke, etiquette, expert training, Feinschule, hagwon, head teacher, heavy breathing cat, incompetence, is CIEE legitimate, kindergartners, korean wave, lunch time drama, no orientation, no training, no training whatsoever, off point, rabbit class, racism, rich old men laughing meme, sanbon, sebastian maniscalco, south korea, South Korean National Anthem, Teacher C, telling a grown man how to eat, tiger class, Tom Cruise, Tom Cruise triple laugh, training day, training facility, worlds pickiest eater, zebra class | 6 Comments

Teach in Korea – The Interview.

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Joe

Now that I’ve handed in all the required documentation to the recruitment team over at CIEE, it’s time for the interview process. For me, it happened in two main parts. The first was a preliminary interview where I talked with … Continue reading →

Posted in Korea, Teaching English | Tagged ciee, Feinschule, gunpo, hagwon, interview, sanbon, teaching english | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: sanbon

The Best of Times, the Worst of Times

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