Introduction Posts

Background about me and this blog: HELLO CYBERWorld!!!! My name is Julie Brice and I am a 23 year old American living in South Korea. On m 23rd birthday I learned that I was accepted into the EPIK (English Program In Korea) which is a Korean-government run program placing native teachers in public schools throughout South Korea to help improve Korean English Education system. It is a year long position starting in August of 2013 and therefore ending in August of 2014. So after graduating with bachelor degrees in Psychology and Kinesiology, I spent the summer preparing to move across the world. Before leaving the US the only thing I knew was that I would be working in Sejong City which was into the middle of the country and I was guaranteed a job for a year. I had no idea what grade I would be teaching, how many students, how my coteacher would be, how many hours a week I would work, when I would start teaching, etch. I really didn't have a lot of information at all. Therefore it was hard to  mentally prepare myself for the position with so many unknowns about my future position and Korea, in general. Anyways, now after being here for four months, all of my unknowns have been answered and I am settling into my Korean lifestyle. This blog will chronicle the UPS and downs, highs and lows, the crazy and the boring life of a Native English Teacher in Jochiwon, South Korea. Hope you enjoy!

Four Months In, Intro Post: So now after being in Korea for four months I have finally decided to start writing my blog. My mom kept saying I was going to regret not writing a blog and writing down all my memories but I didn’t feel the need to write until this past week when I no longer had my afternoon classes. I really am not a fan of my afterschool classes as the kids are crazy and it’s just me but now that they are over I miss my kids. It is now dawning on me that I’m not staying here forever and come August of next year I won’t see these kids again which led me to the creation of this blog. I am a terrible writer and do not intend for all of this blog to be read but rather a way for me to remember and share some of the cute, crazy, mean and hilarious things that have happened and will happen as I live in Korea. So I will do my best to start from the beginning. My memory is not great but what I can’t remember I will make up which will probably make the stories that much better!