Week 8: Until We Meet Again… PublishedAugust 03, 2018 by Melody Hong Wow, I’m already on the last legs of my South Korea experience…. It’s a little surreal to imagine. Two months … Read more
Bowling. Busan. Bye. PublishedAugust 03, 2018 by Youlim Kim I’ve never been a good bowler. When I was a wee lass, I used to go to GattiTown (kinda like … Read more
New Face PublishedAugust 03, 2018 by James Feng Before we started teaching at Wooridul, I told myself that leaving this school would not be as hard as leaving … Read more
Week 7: Group Blog PublishedJuly 16, 2018 by Melody Hong and Brock Salzman The second week at Wooridul was much easier than the first. We started to get a hang of the different … Read more
New School PublishedJuly 10, 2018 by Brock Salzman This week was our first experience with our second site, Woorideul School. Although it shares the same goal, educating foreign students, … Read more
Group Blog #6 DukeEngage South Korea PublishedJuly 10, 2018 by Peining Yang & Brandon Bui This week, our group began teaching at Woorideul School (우리들학교), a specialized academy for North Korean refugees and Korean-Chinese who have … Read more
Week 5: Goodbyes PublishedJuly 03, 2018 by Melody Hong This week was our last and final week at Jiguchon, and it was a whirlwind of emotions. Our last class … Read more
안녕 Jiguchon! PublishedJuly 03, 2018 by Peining Yang And that’s a wrap! Well, for now. This week we completed our teaching journey at Jiguchon School. Over the … Read more
Silent Inner Conflicts PublishedJune 27, 2018 by Jea Hyun Kim Peace. As soon as I stepped into the classroom for this week, my mind was shouting for this one word. … Read more
Week 4 Group Blog: Chorus or Chaos PublishedJune 27, 2018 by James Feng and Youlim Kim None of us realized just how hard teaching could be until we started teaching first and second graders. The First … Read more