A University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate going into her second year teaching English in South Korea on a Fulbright Scholarship. Also an aspiring foreign correspondent, closet geek and proud to have a Minnesotan accent.
They are mine. Even if there are days I wish they weren’t…they are mine.
Also applies if you teach at a Korean high school. My 1st grade “children” are 15/16, 2nd grade are 16/17 3rd grade are 17/18.
Or “my girls” and “my boys.”
(via samesamssaem)
There were families swarming Gyeongju, and you always had to be on the lookout for a little kid driving a mini jeep or a convertible underfoot.
This is too cute I can’t even handle it. Laughing out loud in my office.
Make Korea FOOD
The Korea food is very healthy.
The best Korea food is Kimchi
recipe
Ingredients: Cabbage, spices, love
Make it: Cabbage and spices and little love
“and a little love”
| He's four years old and lives in the United States, so he speaks a mix of Korean and English. Watching him interact with my host brother, who grew up mostly in Australia and also speaks both English and Korean, is the cutest. Once I get over my jealousy for their bilingual abilities, anyway. | |
| (playing a fighting video game) | |
| Brother: | Good job, you won! |
| Cousin: | I'm so good! |
| Brother: | 마자 (you're right)...OK, next one. |
| Cousin: | 이것! (this one) |
| Brother: | No, don't choose him, he's weak. |
| Cousin: | Weak 뭐야?? (what is "weak"?) |
| Brother: | 약하다. (weak) |
| Cousin: | 싫어. Him! 나쁜사람이야? (I don't want that...is he a bad guy?) |
| Brother: | No, he's a good guy. |
| Cousin: | OK! Let's go! |
While Skyping with my family for Christmas on my mom’s iPad…
Me: Hi! How are you?
Little Cousin: Hi! Merry Christmas!
Me: Merry Christmas!
Little Cousin: Ok, can we play Angry Birds now?
와! 영어 사람!
Kids are getting more creative with their names for me these days. Rather than the usual “아! 외국인!” (ah, a foreigner!) that I usually get, this kid saw me at a restaurant tonight and yelled “Wow, an English person!”
No, not like a person from a place called England. He used the word for the English language plus the word for person. I’m an English-person, haha.
Mini petting zoo at the Cheonan Dance Festival.
