Frequently asked questions about my decision to become a volunteer English teacher in Colombia
The question everyone back home asks when they want to catch up on how I’m doing. Understandably so, since…
And he begins by staring. I ignore him for awhile, despite the fact my elbow is grazing his arm. I continue debating my friend about whether the bartender was playing “Gangnam Style” because he knew I was Korean.
[Note: You don’t have to read this entry, as it is on the feelsy-ier side. But a few people had asked if I could…
On my first day at school, the principal pulled me into her office to personally greet me. Radiating with smiles, she asked about my trip in, about my host family, and how I was feeling. She asked where I was from and I replied that I was from the United States but had been born in Korea.
Something about living and working in a country on a volunteer stipend affects one’s travel habits. I think twice…
“What do you do in your free time?”
It’s a question I receive often and for some reason I always have a trouble answering it. What do I do in my free time? I guess I read, practice Spanish, wander around the historic center, hang out with…
Back in August, about a month into teaching, I was skyping with my dad, venting about the difficult time I had been having.
He was good enough to indulge me and listen first. He had also grown up in a poor…
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