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Monday, 6/16: threeve

IGR wrote 1 year ago: It’s no great insight to note that the music of Elliott Smith is better suited for rainy bus r … more →

Tags: life on Jeju, Music, Teaching, Skool, Students, actual transcripts, ESL, IGR Recommends, Movies

Wednesday, 6/11: dog survives after swallowing toxic toad whole2 comments

IGR wrote 1 year ago: Let’s start with a few fun facts. Shall we? The band Rachel’s comes from Louisville. I h … more →

Tags: Teaching, Skool, Students, Vietnam, ESL, Korea, Muhan Dojeon

Thursday, 5/22: in case you were wondering how Koreans feel about the FTA1 comment

IGR wrote 1 year ago: From a birthday lesson. As you will soon learn, a lot of Koreans seem to be convinced that the sole … more →

Tags: Teaching, Skool, Students, actual transcripts

Friday, 4/16: in which there's no such thing as a free lunch1 comment

IGR wrote 1 year ago: Somehow, I brought all of this upon myself. So I’m incredibly excited about the diplomacy prog … more →

Tags: Teaching, Skool, Students

Friday, 4/18: NO FUN FOR YOU

IGR wrote 1 year ago: 2L – Break it Up did REALLY well with syllables, said words too easy (who died and made them s … more →

Tags: Teaching, Skool, Students, host mom, actual transcripts

Thursday, 4/17: sweet and sour

IGR wrote 1 year ago: Lunch today was spaghetti, which is worse than American caf spaghetti, if such a thing is even possi … more →

Tags: Skool

Monday, 4/14: two stones in my pocket

IGR wrote 1 year ago: Ordering t-shirts in Korea is a nightmare. You can get them in student (miniscule) or adult (too big … more →

Tags: Blogz, life on Jeju, host mom, IGR Recommends, Movies, Television

Tuesday, 4/1: April come she will1 comment

IGR wrote 1 year ago: TUESDAY, 1 APRIL 2008 2D – How Nice of You a little slow but got into it did NOT do clap thing … more →

Tags: IGR Recommends, life on Jeju, Politics, Skool, Students, Teaching

Tuesday, 1/8: in which we hope the journey is not the destination2 comments

IGR wrote 1 year ago: Because if it was, I want my money back. I’m laying here in bed at 11:39 AM ostensibly due to … more →

Tags: host fam

Saturday, 12/22: welcome to paradise1 comment

IGR wrote 1 year ago: Going to Jungangro after the festival proved fruitless, as it turns out that you can’t really … more →

Tags: IGR Recommends, Music, Skool, Students

Wednesday, 12/5; the art of losing1 comment

IGR wrote 1 year ago: The time between meeting and finally leaving is sometimes called falling in love - Lisa Loeb Yeah, I … more →

Tags: life on Jeju, Pipe Dreams, A.C.T., Teaching, Skool, Volunteering, Students, the authorities, actual transcripts

tell me more tell me more1 comment

IGR wrote 2 years ago: Today’s featured thing is idealist, probably because it is my last best hope for job finding. … more →

Tags: Teaching, media, Students, actual transcripts, IGR Recommends, Meta

the truth is

IGR wrote 2 years ago: …that I am hungry now, and I probably wasn’t a very good sport earlier, and my room need … more →

Tags: life on Jeju, How We Roll, miscommunication, Yoga, anatopism, Jeju crew, Things I like, Expats

daily thing I like, #3

IGR wrote 2 years ago: Bright Eyes – Bowl of Oranges (mp3) Look, I know I just put a song up, but a) the link didn … more →

Tags: life on Jeju, How We Roll, miscommunication, Teaching, Skool, Students, ESL

minute after minute/hour after hour1 comment

IGR wrote 2 years ago: “I am thankful for food because can fly.”  - a student on Thanksgiving gratitude “ … more →

Tags: life on Jeju, Teaching, Skool, Students, the authorities, Food, actual transcripts, of course, ESL

you, my darling, would make a terrible pioneer.4 comments

IGR wrote 2 years ago: Live from the gyomushil (teacher’s office) again, where it is marginally less cold than yester … more →

Tags: Teaching, Skool, Causes, Students, U S of A, actual transcripts, Games, ESL, lesson plans

wired and phoned to a heart of glass4 comments

IGR wrote 2 years ago: There is a single 모기 (mosquito) who, despite ample opportunities to escape, has been flying around m … more →

Tags: host brother, Teaching, Skool, Volunteering, Students, life progress, NaBloPoMo

and NOW

IGR wrote 2 years ago: PCT told me I have 1K 6th period, which isn’t usual, but as previously mentioned I’ve al … more →

Tags: PCT, Skool, the authorities

same old story/in a middle school, in a city, which is every middle school in every city1 comment

IGR wrote 2 years ago: from a future tense exercise: “I will study about squirrels_____. You will not study about squ … more →

Tags: miscommunication, PCT, A.C.T., Teaching, Skool, Students, the authorities, actual transcripts, of course


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