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10 Mar

Dinner with the Teachers

Dinner with some teachers from I Kids’ Park.

08 Feb

The Last Days at I Kids’ Park and Student Snaps

So this Friday ended my last full week of work at I Kids’ Park. I will go in on Monday and Tuesday and then I’ll be finished up. It’s a strange feeling. I’m excited to have some free time to do some photo work and relax, but mostly I’ll be busting my hump preparing for [...]

22 May

Another Day at the Office

So I don’t work in corporate America anymore, and I don’t have angry bosses yelling at me. But I do have to deal with this.

02 May

Melissa, Olivia & Jerry

I’ve taken my video camera a couple of times now to school. I’m trying to get some clips edited and posted but it takes some time. I just clipped this one quickly and wanted to post it. This is Olivia, Melissa and Jerry. These are some of my favorite students. They are very cute, respectful, [...]

05 Apr

Rally Day

On Friday’s we have all the kids go into the lunchroom area and we do chants and songs. Picture me in front of a group of like 30-50 kindergarteners singing our school theme song set to the music from the Adam’s Family. You think I’m making this up right? Nope, the truth is stranger than [...]

10 Sep

movies

alt : The US vs. John Lennon Trailer I watched two documentaries recently, “The US vs. John Lennon” & “Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film”. Both were decent films, however the Hunter S. Thompson film was a bit shaky and had some problems, in my opinion of course. Maybe that’s [...]

06 Sep

The Job Search

Well, I sent off my first job application today. It was for a university job at Chonnam National University in Yeosu. I didn’t have as much time as I would have liked to prepare before the deadline. I guess we’ll see if I get a call. I’ll be researching and sending more off over the [...]

05 Sep

Here and There

A buttefly shot at Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh. Black & white channel conversion with sepia toning in photoshop. It’s been a while since my last update. Things have been ok lately. Finished off the last of the TEFL requirements and the deep research and job hunting has started. It’s a bit overwhelming and mind numbing [...]

17 Aug

LADO Journal – Week 4

A picture of our LADO TEFL group on the last day of class. The last week of training went quickly. The last two teaching days on Monday and Tuesday went well overall. I felt much more comfortable preparing materials and working through the lesson in my mind. The class always turns out differently than what [...]

05 Aug

LADO Journal – Week 3

Week three ended this Friday with a successful speaking lesson with the lower intermediate group. As the students get more comfortable with each other and each of us as teachers, their personalities and abilities truely come out. It is a nice feeling to know that you are helping them speak and make progress on their [...]

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