Angry Robert

Teaching in Korea

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September 17th 2006
At times frustrating, at times maddening, hanging out with Korean kids all day has been an interesting and educational experience. I have been teaching in Daegu, Korea for 11 months and now realize that teaching is something I want to do as a career. A typical day for me starts at 1pm when I teach my preschool class, 8 crazy 6 year olds (five years old in Canada… Koreans are one year old when ... read more

Asia » South Korea

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Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more