Cheese!

Flying Solo

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March 5th 2008
My 2nd and 3rd days have been better than the first. Thank you to everyone who has sent words of encouragement- it really means a lot more than you could know. Yesterday my classes went a little smoother, but I got an unexpected surprise. At 4:30, while in the midst of teaching my Tues/Thurs afternoon class one of the Korean teachers informed me that I was not teaching the 3-6pm group like I had ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Seoul

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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