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13
Jul
11
the beginning of the end
As my time in Korea is coming to an end I am so overcome with emotion, I don’t know where to begin….
Teaching and living here for a year has been one of the most incredible experiences of my life. It has opened my mind as well as my heart. My students have effected me in a way that I will never be able to communicate. It is going to be painful to leave them, but I do know that I have effected their lives as well, which is exactly what I came here to do. I held my last classes this week and as I tried to express how much I am going to miss them, they responded with such things as, “When you go back to America, I will miss you.” “I will never forget you, thank you.” And “Pleassssssse don’t go!” Every class brought me to the verge of tears. “Don’t cry,” they told me…. I have come to love them so very much.
Me & my 5th graders
I think my openness and willingness to fully embrace this culture and these people has allowed me to get so much out of this experience. It is an important lesson, I have learned first hand: Let life happen. Let people in. It is incredibly rewarding.
The littlest ones
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18
May
11
growing up in the sticks
It seems as though the main view of families and children growing up in rural parts of the world is one of disadvantage; less money results in poor education and opportunities. However, observing the kids of Choonyang these past 10 months, I have seen that there are great advantages to living without some of the luxuries of today’s society.
In general, people tend to be more connected to one another; families and friends spend a lot of time together. Because there are fewer people around, everyone knows and is friends with one an other. The community feels comforting, even to me, an outsider.
Choonyang Elementary School, while having little money and outdated facilities, is a tight knight environment. There are 50 kids in the entire school and about 25 staff total. For the students, this means more time with the teachers, which I think is much more beneficial than state of the art equipment.
And when the kids finish the day at school, they play. Play like kids are supposed to play, by throwing rocks into a river, riding bikes, playing hide-and-seek. Perhaps more particular to Korea than America, kids here are obsessed with playing computer games and hang out in “PC Rooms” for hours engulfed in the virtual world. I see it as a benefit that my students don’t have access to such things by living out in the middle of nowhere. They can enjoy the simple pleasures of being a kid and of interacting with each other rather than with avatars on a computer screen.
These kids are perfectly happy, each and everyday. And, I hope, that as they grow up it remains that way. I hope that they don’t begin to think they are at a disadvantage because society tells them so. That even as they learn what they don’t have, they can appreciate what they do.
14
May
11
pictures from Korea!
check out pictures & videos of me and my students!!
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14
Apr
11
Korean Kindness
On my way to school today an old Korean man bought me a cup of coffee. Just as I got off the bus he approached me and insisted I come inside for some coffee… Of course, the only word I understood was “cawpi” (which simply translates as coffee). I was timid at first, being unable to communicate with people in Korean still makes certain social situations fearful for me, but he was persistent, so I followed him inside. There were a handful of old Korean men sitting down chatting. I think the man who bought me the coffee proceeded to tell them all that I was an American English teacher at Choonyang Elementary. One of them looked at me with a big smile and said, “Hello, hi!” We sat there for 5-10 minute while I drank. We managed to communicate some basic things; where each of us lives, that he is not a father of one of my students, that he owns a motorbike and that I take the bus.
This was such a pleasant reminder as to how well respected teachers are in this country, particularly foreign teachers. I think maybe because Koreans are crazy about learning English, but regardless of the reason, it makes teaching here a very welcoming experience. I feel like Americans have a bad rep in many countries around the world, which I have felt in some places in Europe and even New Zealand and Australia, but here that is not the case. “America, good!” Is the typical response here. And I have experienced many, many random acts of Korean kindness as a result. Perhaps because of being both a teacher and an American. Korean stranger’s have bought me bus tickets, dinner, coffee, given me rides home as well as lots of smiles on the street.
This man who bought me a 50 cent coffee just made my day. Sometimes whenever I am not in the greatest of moods all I have to do is look up and smile at the people around me – on the bus, at school, in the market – and I feel welcomed and happy again. Thanks Korea 
