Teaching in Korea — a Typical Day
This is a typical day of teaching in Korea:
- 8:20am: Arrive at school.
- 8:30-9:55am: Free time. First period is 9:00-9:45, but I only teach that on Tuesdays. Usually I’m preparing a lesson in the mornings (printing worksheets, etc).
- 9:55-10:40am: Second period. Teach second grade (8th grade in US) for 45 minutes.
- 10:50-11:35am: Third period. Teach first grade (7th) for 45 minutes.
- 11:35am-1:35pm: Free time. Work on lesson plans, write blog posts, eat lunch, etc.
- 1:35-2:20pm: Fifth period. Teach first grade for 45 minutes.
- 2:20-3:45pm: Free time. The internet is a good time-waster.
- 3:45-4:30pm: Seventh period. Teach “English Club”. Today we’re watching an episode of the Simpsons, because I can’t think of a better lesson plan.
- 4:40-5:25pm: Eighth period. Teach the “Teacher’s Class”. This is a conversation class with 7 or 8 Korean teachers. I find this quite stressful, but I only do it on Thursdays.
I’ll be home and drinking a beer by 5:40pm. Actually, this is one of my longer/busier days; most days I’m actually home by 4:40. Unfortunately, Korean beer is officially The Worst Beer in the World®. I’m working on a brewing operation, but it will take time.
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i would kill for all that free time. miss you.
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Sounds like with all that free time, you should be able to post a couple pictures on your blog. We’re still wondering what your apartment looks like. Some pictures of your co-teachers and students in action would be nice too.
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Brewing beer is fun. I helped make a batch earlier this year and it turned out pretty well. For a moment I thought I may be the next microbrew extraordinaire…with a team of experts and everything (Matthew) but decided that my goals were much loftier than my beer.
Hope you are having fun out there. Take care of yourself.
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HA! Mom totally just reprimanded you via blog comment. Also, I taught them how to skype, or even just to use skype to IM. I chatted with mom, it was weird. She’s right though, more pictures would be nice because in my head, you’re kind of floating around without a real setting. It’s weird. Anyway, I miss you.
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Very interesting. But I know that too much free time can a pain. Sometimes you just want to do your thing and get it over with so something else can be enjoyed. Sounds like your family wants pictures.:)
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