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Tuesday Oct. 16
Andrew sat me down and asked me if I would be willing to teach him English. I could think about it. Absolutely I told him. I’d love to help out, and I’d love something else to do. He said that we would study Tuesdays and Thursdays during my long break, unless I had [...]
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Potpourri
You can tell if you’re on a main road or not by whether or not you can walk on the sidewalks. On most roads, the sidewalks are completely filled up with parked cars. Like this one, which actually is somewhat of a main road:
This sidewalk is wider than most, so usually you just walk in [...]
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Potpourri
Obviously my boss’ real name is not Andrew. But he goes by Andrew around me. Just as we would do when studying French or Spanish, they pick an English name when studying English.
My students have such fine English names as James, Christina, Jessica, Kevin, and Amy. One kid is even named Michael. And then there’s [...]
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How things go in Korea
Here’s how things go in Korea…
Korean stores don’t sell full-sized towels. The Koreans don’t use them after they shower. They just use tiny little 2 foot long towels.
Korean office buildings don’t stock toilet paper in their bathrooms. They use a BYOTP policy. My office manager doles out a roll to each employee that you keep [...]
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Gotcha
Boy I caught them. Finally saw one.
For the first week here I hadn’t seen a single person with a beard. Not a goatee, not even a mustache. Maybe it was a national law. That’s it, they made me shave because it was against the law to grow a beard in Korea. OK, I understand, [...]
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