Recently, I noticed a pretty alarming fact. Among the 120-odd published posts on my blog, this post where I rant about how much I don’t like living in Korea, is one of the most popular of all. Those close…
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When I first arrived in Korea in April 2014, I was living in my overdraft with several store cards and a pretty hefty balance on my Mastercard. Students might get free education in Scotland but I spent my student…
“How do I get a job teaching English in South Korea?” This is one of the most common questions that I get asked by readers of my blog. It seems like a lot of people out there really want…
The dreaded open class. The day that gives most public school teachers nightmares from the minute they sign their contract. If you decide to teach at a public school in Korea, 40 minutes of your year will be…
A year and a half after finishing university, I made the decision to start teaching English in South Korea. I wasn’t really sure how it was going to pan out, or how it would benefit me. But it was a…
If you’ve considered teaching in Korea, you’ll probably have spent a fair amount of time trying to decide whether to go down the public or private school route. Private academies, known as hagwons, have a…
