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Pepero Day 2009
Posted by Kathryn on 11th November in Celebrations
Happy Pepero Day to all! Pepero Day is celebrated here in South Korea by giving people “Peperos” (빼빼로). They are long skinny cookies sticks dipped in chocolate. Very yummy! If you’re a teacher, you usually end up with tons of them. Personally, I only eat Peperos on Pepero Day. By the time the tenth student [...]
Happy Chuseok!
Posted by Kathryn on 2nd October in Celebrations
Hello everyone! Today is 추석 (Chuseok). It’s basically the Korean Thanksgiving. It’s a festival celebrating the harvest. People usually travel to the cities and towns where older relatives live. Many of my students go to their grandparents’ house. One traditional dish served on Chuseok is 송편 (Songpyeon). Songpyeon is a chewy rice cake (떡) filled [...]
Liberation Day
Posted by Kathryn on 15th August in Celebrations
Happy Liberation Day! August 15 is the celebration of the liberation of Korea from the Japanese. I recently read “When My Name Was Keoko” by Linda Sue Park. It’s a fictional account of a family living in Korea during the Japanese occupation. I highly enjoyed it and I think it would be a good book [...]
From the Heart
Posted by Kathryn on 19th May in Celebrations
This is a picture of the note on the balloon Julie gave me for Teacher’s Day. She’s a genuinely nice girl. I’m glad I’m teaching D4. I was dreading it based on past experience with some of the students in that class. But they’ve matured a lot in the last year or so.
Teacher’s Day — 2009
Posted by Kathryn on 15th May in Celebrations
Today is Teacher’s Day in Korea. I’m touched by the generosity of my students and their parents. It was such a treat to have kids come up, give me gifts and hugs, and tell me how much they appreciate what I do. There are good days and bad days in teaching, as in every profession. [...]
