This piece was also published online and in print in the January 2020 edition of Gwangju News in South Korea. If you are interested in reading my other published works, please see the portfolio section [...]
When I came to Korea in April of 2018, marriage was probably the last thing on my mind. I won't bore you with the backstory in this post as I've discussed it in others. Suffice [...]
There are many upsides to living in Korea and teaching in the public schools here. The pay and benefits are excellent, the culture is interesting, the standard of living is high and the social life [...]
All things considered, Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday back in the States. Fall is my favorite season, and where I grew up in Pennsylvania, it is a special time of year. The brisk air, [...]
When I originally applied to EPIK way back in January 2018, I listed Busan as my location preference. Not knowing anything about Jeollandamdo, where I currently happily live, I was intrigued by Busan's profile as [...]
"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson's Essays I begin with these words from Emerson because they capture [...]
About three weeks ago, I began my EPIK placement in Jeollanamdo province at Nampyeong English Town. Since then, I've been fortunate to have Labor Day, a long weekend, and to have made some great new [...]
Update (November 11, 2019): Since this post is one of the top hits for "Jeollanamdo Language Program" on Google, and thus the way most people are finding this website, I thought I'd post some up-to-date [...]
