Seoul Hero

I had written a post on the problems I have encountered with my two main employers in terms of the accuracy of pension refunds, but I decided to save it as a draft pending the outcome of the reviews I have requested. If no action is forthcoming, the post will go back up.

Note: the crutches have since been exchanged for larger ones.
I managed to make it to both Sookdae for six hours of teaching, beginning at 9am, and to Jongno-sam-ga, where I met my contact for the side job at Korea University. I then went to Korea University, and after met my wife at the Sinchon [...]

Today’s post is the corrective to the preceding one on the subject of grade negotiating. This afternoon I had lunch at Subway, with, and courtesy of, two of my favorite students from two of my advanced classes last semester (they are friends with each other). One of them, who some time ago [...]

According to The Korea Times, (via The Marmot’s Hole), volunteering by legally-employed foreigners is now deemed to be prohibited if the volunteering has not first been sanctioned by the authorities:

Foreigners may face deportation or fines if they volunteer at orphanages or organize performances without reporting them to the authorities.
The interpretation came from Joo Jae-bong, an [...]

UPDATE: It is my pleasure to report that I have had a grand total of less than a half dozen students email me to ask me for a higher grade (one did so three times, as mentioned below). On the other hand, I have had several students write to thank me for my work [...]

The saddest part for me about the end of the semester is that I will no longer be able to meet my Advanced Composition and Conversation students. Not only were they very advanced, but many of them were extremely studious and intelligent. All were pleasant, and I grew to have quite an affection [...]

The above tie was given to me today by a student in one of my first year English classes. She also wrote a very cute little note, thanking me for always calling her by name, and for always showing concern for her as a student. I didn’t think that I did anything unusual, [...]