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About Me

I'm a mom and a teacher. I have a lot of interests, from listening to jazz or Bossa Nova to emailing pen pals around the world. I love to cook, especially international cuisines. I've been a vegetarian for almost 26 years, but I never try to convert anyone to my way. I try to respect everyone's right to live as they see fit, as long as they aren't hurting anyone. I have four terrific kids, who are all grown up now. They all have good hearts and I'm proud of that. I teach ESL, or English as a Second Language. I love my work. I get to meet so many interesting people from around the world. I believe that people are mostly good and that we'd have a better world if everyone could just treat each other as human beings and try to see that good, rather than the bad. I try to be fair-minded, but sometimes I slip. I keep working on that. I think we're all a work in progress. Some of us have gone farther than others. That's life.Here's my new website: http://alexwalters.englisharoundworld.com/..
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My Blog

Positive thinking

I have four days left in Korea. My students are taking many tests these days, which means that I'm getting out of teaching a lot of classes. It's just as well, I'm not doing much teaching even when th...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:37:00 GMT

Nothing's perfect

I've made such a big deal about the fact that I'm coming home in two weeks. One year being out of the country is a long time. I've hyped it up so much that it's no wonder some of the well-thought-out ...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:40:00 GMT

Embarrassing Paper

Humans have a large variety of paper products that we use. We assign specific purposes for each kind and assume that those assignments are universal. That is, we make that assumption until we visit ot...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:58:00 GMT

The Wasp and Me

Sitting at my desk, playing a game on my iPod Touch, my students study in a different classroom with their Korean English teacher. SATs are coming up and they're not interested in English conversation...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:15:00 GMT

Chuseok festival

.................... Next week will see one of two of Korea's major holidays, Chuseok. It will last 3 days, which is shorter than it usually does. I think it can go on for a week sometimes. I...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:53:00 GMT

School abuse in Korea

.................... One of the things Im going to be glad to be away from in Korea is having kids beat right outside my classroom door every night. It happens mostly then. The kids dont c...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:36:00 GMT

The Demo Lesson

I really don't know if anyone is going to be interested in this (unless you're a teacher), but I had a pretty unusual experience yesterday. About a week ago my co-teacher informed me that we had to do...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:16:00 GMT

An Historical Outing

.................... Today is 3 months to the day until my contract is up and I'm heading home. In this last 3 months I want to take advantage of seeing and doing as much as I can, while spen...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:03:00 GMT

Korean Fusion: Tomato Smoothie and Cereal Sandwich

Traditional Korean food is more often than not quite tasty to most Westerners I've spoken to about it. But I'm always amused at their ideas of what western foods are like. Pizza is different here, ev...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:00:00 GMT

Not for the faint-hearted - seeing the dentist

.................... I cant believe what I had done to myself today. I cant believe what Im paying to have had this done to myself today. This morning I went to my Korean dentist in Apguje...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:05:00 GMT