/blog/Greatman2/?pid=p2429 Welcome to my blog! /blog/71/post_4836.html?pid=p2429&m= I don't know how a programe like this will work. The single parents will be given a stipend to support their new children, and textbooks and literature will feature articled to remove the stigma assoc Sat, 22 Jul 2006 02:28:17 -0800 /blog/71/post_4836.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/71/post_4450.html?pid=p2429&m= Found this on the net. Some of you might have seen it too, but it's still interesting nonethelessA Columbine Student wrote this soon after the school shootings last spring The paradox of our time in h Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:14:51 -0800 /blog/71/post_4450.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/71/post_4427.html?pid=p2429&m= I know this isn't the most pleasant of subjects to put on a blog, but there is an issue going on right now in Korea concerning the publcation of offenders details to prevent abuse from occuring again. Sat, 03 Jun 2006 11:08:14 -0800 /blog/71/post_4427.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/71/post_4252.html?pid=p2429&m= I was working with a Korean English teacher who had spent a lot of time in the U.S. and was very surprised to hear that she was forcing one of her children to change from using her left hand to using Wed, 10 May 2006 08:38:14 -0800 /blog/71/post_4252.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/71/post_4174.html?pid=p2429&m= Was asked to help with the judging of a speach competition amongst the local elementry schools not so long ago. Schools were very competitive and the head teachers, school principles, parents and frie Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:55:00 -0800 /blog/71/post_4174.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/71/post_4171.html?pid=p2429&m= Went downtown to do my shopping, and found that if I wasn't focussed on what I was supposed to buy I just drifted and people watched. It was so easy to lose track of my intentions for going downtown. Sat, 29 Apr 2006 17:50:51 -0800 /blog/71/post_4171.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/71/post_4104.html?pid=p2429&m= They say that compared to Japan Korea is leaps and bounds ahead with regards to English language aquisition. Japan has reached a stalemate maybe. Still though I wonder. Language skills are aquired by Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:00:51 -0800 /blog/71/post_4104.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/71/post_4073.html?pid=p2429&m= Our institution got some big financial aid pakage and more to be the home base for the Korean Women's socer team. It's been fun to watch them train, and use the gymnasium when they are there too. Ther Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:44:29 -0800 /blog/71/post_4073.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/71/post_4033.html?pid=p2429&m= I try to use the library at night where I work, to brush up on some reading and prepare for a correspondence course. It's usually open until midnight, so that gives me plenty of time. The thing that s Fri, 14 Apr 2006 04:23:41 -0800 /blog/71/post_4033.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/71/post_3906.html?pid=p2429&m= These places are everywhere in Korea and they are very popular. I have wondered into several of them just out of curiosity, and have gotten weird looks from the other people sitting in there. I have s Tue, 04 Apr 2006 02:25:04 -0800 /blog/71/post_3906.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/71/post_3864.html?pid=p2429&m= You know how you have those endearing students who want to participate in everything you do in class. Well I have had a few, and I now have some new ones. They keep you on your toes, and are often for Sat, 01 Apr 2006 01:14:29 -0800 /blog/71/post_3864.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/71/post_3736.html?pid=p2429&m= Sang that thing in karaoke in Japan at somebodies request and didn't realise that the "We Will..." lyrics were so popular. The request came to me incidently, because I was the only English speaker at Tue, 21 Mar 2006 07:17:57 -0800 /blog/71/post_3736.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/71/post_3694.html?pid=p2429&m= I was walking from the snack shop near the cafeteria to the outer courtyard where I work, and was surprised to see some beautiful celadons on display. I stopped to inquire and learned that they were m Fri, 17 Mar 2006 06:50:27 -0800 /blog/71/post_3694.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/71/post_3673.html?pid=p2429&m= I can't figure out why he keeps visiting the place if it causes other countries to get irate and angry. Many of the old timers in Japan who have political clout and who remember the war years can't un Thu, 16 Mar 2006 02:39:27 -0800 /blog/71/post_3673.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/71/post_3612.html?pid=p2429&m= I missed my regular meal at the campus restaurant, so I opted for another restaurant hoff over the road. I have my favourite dishes that I usually always order, and one of them happened to be on the m Sat, 11 Mar 2006 06:06:50 -0800 /blog/71/post_3612.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/71/post_3598.html?pid=p2429&m= I was waiting to catch the bus down town with a few other people, when i heard some loud yelling. I wasn't right at the bus stop I was behind it in such a way that I could see all the oncoming buses. Thu, 09 Mar 2006 06:57:26 -0800 /blog/71/post_3598.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/71/post_3564.html?pid=p2429&m= I have an interest in the Korean Stone Hendges or Goindol as I think they are called, so I have taken the odd trip to the nether reaches of Korea to see some of them. I was visiting a park near Kwangj Mon, 06 Mar 2006 07:18:35 -0800 /blog/71/post_3564.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/71/post_3453.html?pid=p2429&m= The official top ten songs about living and teaching in Korea are: 1. Help!! (Beatles) 2. Stayin’ Alive (Bee Gees) 3. Lies! (Rolling Stones) 4. Won’t Get Fooled Again, (The Who) 5. Us an Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:28:19 -0800 /blog/71/post_3453.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/71/post_3440.html?pid=p2429&m= Who uses it? I used to use it, but I kinda get frustrated with people who want to chat then cut out before you can reply. Some have trouble with their computers I am sure, but there are an awaful lot Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:29:52 -0800 /blog/71/post_3440.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/71/post_3421.html?pid=p2429&m= Was in Kyonggido a week ago and visited a museum for Korean ceramics. I had always wanted to visit it, because I had seen it in the news quite a bit. Museum was set up by the former Samsung Chairman, Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:43:46 -0800 /blog/71/post_3421.html?pid=p2429&m=