tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053162797255238688.post3156936616632149085..comments2023-10-01T05:42:59.170-07:00Comments on My Life! Teaching in a Korean University: Credit/Non-CreditJackie Bolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07642429027710881958noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053162797255238688.post-30789708109748672992011-03-09T23:32:49.973-08:002011-03-09T23:32:49.973-08:00Hi, I just answered your question. Check my lates...Hi, I just answered your question. Check my latest post.Jackie Bolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642429027710881958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053162797255238688.post-38974956006203673332011-03-09T06:26:36.698-08:002011-03-09T06:26:36.698-08:00The most important thing I would say is maintain -...The most important thing I would say is maintain - if possible - the sense of wonder and question that very young children naturally have. What's that? why's that? What does that mean? Most of us I think lose this sense of wonder by early adulthood. Even in universities - it is probably gone in most people - apart for perhaps the very brighest. <br /><br />If you have this desire for knowledge - learning is fun and not work. <br /><br />So on balance I would say no grades - Did Plato set exams for his pupils in 'The Academy?' No, of course not - but we need all be realists to. <br /><br />Living in a global economy - we all have to measure 'outcomes'. <br /><br />So while I say no reality dictates that the answer will probably need to be yes. <br /><br />Just a bit about myself. I have been trawling blogs tryong to get a sense of South Korea. I have a Master's degree but am in a career rut at the moment working in a call centre at the age of thirty five. I have decided to do a TEFL in May amd then go abroad to teach. <br /><br />I have seen mixed reports about South Korea. There are possibilities to save money to nightmare stories about teachers not getting paid etc. What advice would you give to someone in my position?aisforanxietyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062010830145021795noreply@blogger.com