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My year teaching in Korea has ended. I am now back in the United States (briefly) before I head back East to look for work in Shanghai. Before

While on Facebook a few weeks ago I got an idea from a fellow teacher to have students reenact famous movie scenes. She had her students act “Zoolander”, “Office

Talking with my friend Peter, who was on a visit to Korea from his current home in Shanghai, we got into discussing our respective foreign homes. At a

This week is finals week at my school and as a result I’m not teaching at all. Last week I didn’t teach much, either, so I have some

Most people are familiar with the meaning of the phrase “Engrish,” which commonly refers to signs poorly-translated from East Asian languages into English. Recently, a lot of the problems associated