It's been a long time since this blog received a personal ESL teaching update. Life context is South Korea, I'm an Expat living/working/cycling/loving my family here & a lot of time has passed by without direct links to my family in Canada. It's very easy to expatriate to gain momentum into ESL teaching, but it is very difficult to leave all the schedules, contract commitments, and many obligations that go along with supporting a career in teaching and developing and adjusting a portfolio of experience that is transferable to other academic settings. Focused on educating all levels of learners (kindergarten through university and adult students too!) is no small task when it is compounded for years without a break.
During the past 3.3 years in South Korea, I have taught 35 months of adult English language courses, 11 months of university credit courses, 39 months of elementary and middle school courses, and finally 12 months of kindergarten transitioning to elementary language courses. Indeed, it's been a lot of work here in Korea!! ^_^...
The good news is: teaching is like guiding; learning is like changing; understanding is like uncovering; and rewarding is like experience you'll never regret. So, I can definitely say without a doubt, I am glad I can make a difference in the world through education & I hope to keep learning in the process to keep changing with the flow of my school of fish to explore the world in/outside of the classroom to keep exceeding the challenges in ESL teaching.
Next stop, the bicycle. That's the most important aspect of healthy living in Korea, keep a balance on two...and you will enjoy the freedom of the road & take that energy back into teaching, it's transferring positive energy from one source to another to make it positive all over! If your reading this post...please remember to feed my fish (click your mouse, share some nibbles...^^)
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