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The End to an Incredible Experience Two months sounds like an exorbitant amount of time. Two months sounds like an …

Before we started teaching at Wooridul, I told myself that leaving this school would not be as hard as leaving …

After a week of teaching my North Korean students, I realized that it was difficult to get to know them …

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

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

Goodbyes suck. They’re hard and frankly, I’m not very good at them. I’m usually the person who waves and says …

JEA’S SECTION <Farewell to the Adorables> Maybe four weeks was way too short. During the last week at Jiguchon, we …

And that’s a wrap! Well, for now.   This week we completed our teaching journey at Jiguchon School. Over the …