My little specs of dust...
Well, I've got one more day of working 12 hour days this past week, and then I'm done. As many of you will notice, I've done a little upgrading to the old blog...Something that has taken me a while to do, and been somewhat of a moderate distraction. Sure, I probably should have been replying to e-mails, but I somewhat figure this to be an e-mail of sorts, so if you feel like complaining, then know I'm listening...Only because I'm technically in the future, your complaining has already happened - I feel proud knowing I care.
Well, other than the surface details, I've inserted a new quote that I somewhat thought was quite relevant. One of the reasons that I felt I still needed to stay here in Korea, for other reasons, was that I felt that I hadn't accomplished all I had wanted to complete. In other words, I haven't built my mountain yet. When I was in Chicago, after I had left, I felt a sense of incomplete satisfaction; I had taught my students that there was more to life than just books, and that even though you might have scored lower on a state test than what a sixth grader could accomplish, there is more to life (by the way, that's true - my students could have scored better on their state tests had they answered every multiple choice question with the letter "b") - I felt assured knowing that their scores were not testing their direct historical knowledge.... As for here in Korea, I felt that I hadn't accomplished all that I had wanted to. That's one of the reasons that I decided to stay at my institute, otherwise commonly mistaken for a "school" - where there is a competent administration, organization, and most importantly, responsibility (My institute only has gossip and (dis)organization going for it. Now sure, I appreciate the (dis)organization just as much as the other guy, because it allows potential mistakes to completely fly under the radar; sometimes, I like to see mistakes as a chance for a healthy distraction to the otherwise potentially dull regular life dreariness.
Okay, I'm digressing. I hope things are going well with all of you - and if you've actually read all of this, Happy Lunar New Year - I'll be heading out this weekend to some places in the middle of no-where, to somewhat get away from the sweet-smelling odors of Seoul (commonly mistaken as a mid-20th century industrial town, minus the smokestacks).
take care all, and God Bless
Me
Well, other than the surface details, I've inserted a new quote that I somewhat thought was quite relevant. One of the reasons that I felt I still needed to stay here in Korea, for other reasons, was that I felt that I hadn't accomplished all I had wanted to complete. In other words, I haven't built my mountain yet. When I was in Chicago, after I had left, I felt a sense of incomplete satisfaction; I had taught my students that there was more to life than just books, and that even though you might have scored lower on a state test than what a sixth grader could accomplish, there is more to life (by the way, that's true - my students could have scored better on their state tests had they answered every multiple choice question with the letter "b") - I felt assured knowing that their scores were not testing their direct historical knowledge.... As for here in Korea, I felt that I hadn't accomplished all that I had wanted to. That's one of the reasons that I decided to stay at my institute, otherwise commonly mistaken for a "school" - where there is a competent administration, organization, and most importantly, responsibility (My institute only has gossip and (dis)organization going for it. Now sure, I appreciate the (dis)organization just as much as the other guy, because it allows potential mistakes to completely fly under the radar; sometimes, I like to see mistakes as a chance for a healthy distraction to the otherwise potentially dull regular life dreariness.
Okay, I'm digressing. I hope things are going well with all of you - and if you've actually read all of this, Happy Lunar New Year - I'll be heading out this weekend to some places in the middle of no-where, to somewhat get away from the sweet-smelling odors of Seoul (commonly mistaken as a mid-20th century industrial town, minus the smokestacks).
take care all, and God Bless
Me