Posts from South Korea from 2018

Difference Within Similarity It seems like every week while I have been in South Korea I have had a different …

Working with older students is an experience that has been extremely rewarding for me. At Woorideul School, I teach the …

The second week at Wooridul was much easier than the first. We started to get a hang of the different …

Coming from a school full of vibrant and young students, I felt weird standing in front of students who are …

This week we started teaching at the Woorideul School. But first, a little background. This school specializes in teaching people …

Week 6 marked a new page in our time in Korea. We moved from Jiguchon to Wooridul, and to me, …

This week was our first experience with our second site, Woorideul School. Although it shares the same goal, educating foreign students, …

“Four orcas are in the far east of Russia. They get trapped between ice. People help them.” My first lesson …

This week, our group began teaching at Woorideul School (우리들학교), a specialized academy for North Korean refugees and Korean-Chinese who have …

New School This week our DESK group started working at the school for North Korean refugees here in Seoul. Unlike …