“My kindergarten students, all aged 5, do not understand the economy of language at all.”
Category Archives: Teaching
Professionalism with a Capital P
“The nurse did possibly the most mortifying thing I have endured since my arrival in Korea.”
The Taste of Freedom
“As long as I had a cup of hot coffee nearby, I could do, or not do, anything I wanted.”
Unstable Tennis
“Losing wasn’t an option for me. It never was.”
Bungle, Bungle, Bungle
The road from my apartment to my school runs straight and desolate like the dusty streets on which cowboys duel at high noon. Guarding the entrance to my school, like a modern day gunslinger, is a middle-aged patrolman.
Catching Snippets
A few moments passed before the man’s chewing took on a pensive quality. It was the chewing of a man building up the courage to try out his English. He put down his metal chopsticks and said, “You… haircut.”
The story so far
“I’m off the clock, and free to mix up “less” and “fewer” as much as I’d like.”