A Typical Saturday
July 22, 2006

Soon after I arrived in South Korea, I learned that English is a very important part of the Korean culture. English is everywhere; it's on clothes, signs, products, etc. Children begin to study English at a very young age and it's a required course all the way through college. Some companies even require their employees to pass an English test as part of the interview process.

Since I've been a teacher/trainer for many years and I've spoke English for at least the past 2 1/2 years, it was a natural fit for me to help people I meet practice and study English. But, as soon as I started to help one person, the word of the "funny chubby American teacher" traveled like the wind and now I'm so busy that my only free time/nap time is the taxi ride between classes! The classes I teach are either in my home, the home of the family, or a small English Academy that's close to my home.

Of course, I teach a computer course Monday-Friday nights...that's the whole reason I'm here!

Here's my normal weekly schedule in case anyone wants to stalk me:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
English class: 2:30pm - 3:30pm	Gym: 9:00am - 12:00pm	English class: 11:00am - 1:00pm	Gym: 9:00am - 12:00pm	English class: 11:00am - 1:00pm	Gym: 9:00am - 12:00pm	English class: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
rest at home or travel	English class: 2:00pm - 4:00pm		English class: 2:00pm - 4:00pm			English class: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
goof off on computer	Computer Class: 5:00pm - 10:00pm	Computer Class: 5:00pm - 10:00pm	Computer Class: 5:00pm - 10:00pm	Computer Class: 5:00pm - 10:00pm	Computer Class: 5:00pm - 10:00pm	English class: 4:30pm - 6:30pm
see movies				English class: 10:30pm - 11:30pm		English class: 7:00pm - 9:00pm

The above schedule is my current one. One Friday class was recently canceled as well as one Saturday class. So I actually have more free time now than I did before.