I have a blog now!

Hello to everyone all over the place!

I finally have created a blog so that I can keep everyone as up-to-date as possible on the things I do every day and take pictures of. :)

I have been in Korea since August 8, 2008 and have enjoyed my time here so far. Dealing with jetlag and culture shock have been difficult and the culture shock thing still continues a bit. Learning how to be a teacher and actually teaching have been a lot of fun so far. Only one of my classes has been not-so-great and I think with time even that class will be a lot of fun. I hope I will have a wonderful year or two here in Korea, maybe more, who knows, and I will have fun sharing my experiences with the people who want to see my pictures and know what day-to-day life is like for a foreigner living in Korea.

I am living in Chuncheon, the capital city of Gangwon-do (pronounced Kangwon-do), which is about 90 minutes east of Seoul. I teach at three schools this semester (I don't know at this point if all three schools get to have me for the whole first year I am here, will have to wait and see about that). My home school is Wooseok Girls Middle School and I teach at Sangwon Elementary and Gajeong Elementary. The kids are wonderful, sometimes very loud, sometimes very sleepy, and sometimes don't pay attention at all, but they are still great kids.

Anyway, I will do my best to keep this fairly up-to-date. I have internet access at home (unlike in Newcastle, England) and I will be using the computer a lot to make lesson plans and such. It will be an interesting ride for me and I hope you will enjoy reading and seeing what I am up to over the coming months and years.

Love to all,
Kelly/Julianne