Wednesday, September 10, 2008
To travel or not to travel...
This past year I was teaching English in South Korea. I really enjoyed the opportunity of traveling and being somewhat of an instructor for children ages kindergarten to high school. When I arrived in Korea I was excited but also really quite nervous. I knew that I liked children but I hadn't had the chance to spend time with them in a classroom setting prior to going to Korea. Mind you, my Bachelors degree is in Urban Planning not Education so I knew that it was going to be a challenge. I agreed to teach in a small town called Cheon- Cheon Dong, which was loocated approximately fourteen subway stops south- west of Seoul. When I arrived I was a little shocked to see learn that the town I agreed to teach in was quite small and Seoul where all the expats were living was about a fourty five minute subway ride. With a sick feeling in my stomach I decided to make the best of the situation that I had gotten myself into. Anyway, I began teaching and slowly losing interest but experiencing anothe culture very much unlike my own. I traveled South-East Asia and studied martial arts. I would say that my overall experience was enjoyable but I'm not sure that I would ever return... to teach English anyway!
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3 comments:
I think it is an awesome experience that you went and taught...even if you will never do it again. It is great to read about your experince as I have a couple of friends leaving to go do the same thing, and have thought about it myself. I have been to China before and loved the different culture but was in the big cities...maybe that's the secret to enjoying it more...go to a city!! haha.
Nice man, seems like a good experience to over and teach over there. I think travelling is amazing, and you should keep it up!!
Nice Blog man :)
I had a similar experience. When I arrived in Moscow (in Russia) and we all got into taxi cars??? (basically a taxi there is anyone who owns a car and pulls over and offers you a ride) and we drove around 4 hours away from Moscow into the heart of the mountain.. and in my opinion the middle of no where. We finally arrived in Naryn a very small village we I along with 7 others went to teach English. Anyways I felt the same way, like where am I? Did I really sign up for this? All in all it was such an incredible experience.
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