Posts Tagged ‘teaching’


06
Jul

July Blur

Teaching in Seoul in July is it’s own special brand of intense. We’re currently logging around 80 hour work weeks, and find our lives largely revolving around crazy class schedules. Unfortunately, this leaves little time or energy left over for anything else–running, yoga, blogging, heck, even eating. To help make this month just a little [...]

21
Jun

Rethinking Everything

One of the buildings at Hopkins, my high school. Hopkins fostered my love of words and learning, and each time I teach a literature class, I try to channel the brilliant teachers who taught me. An environment like Hop (or Hop itself) would be my dream teaching job. I want to teach high school English [...]

14
Jan

i cannot cover the world in leather…

As any regular reader (or good friend) knows, I’m really working on being a more patient person. At times I think this is sort of a sick joke–I want to learn to be patient right now! Obviously, that’s not how things work. The good news is, I do think it’s happening, bit by bit. I [...]

14
Sep

loving my work

I really love the work that I do here now. This doesn’t mean I always love my job, mind you. Sometimes there are parts of the job that drive me nuts, but the work I do, I love. And that’s the important part, right? Jobs change frequently, but finding work that feels true? Jackpot. Test [...]