The Blue House

Adventures in Seoul

---

September 23rd 2017
Hey everyone, Officially finished my second week of teaching! For the most part, so far so good, although I did encounter my first actually “bad” class. As I believe I mentioned last time, I teach elementary through middle school-edged kids. One of my (I believe) sixth grade (which is still elementary here; middle school is seventh and eighth graders) classes is four girls and one boy. From t ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Gwangju

---

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