Wonju

I have accepted a position in Wonju, South Korea. I will be teaching at Sahmyook Elementary, replacing a teacher who is moving back to Canada with his wife. There are three other teachers there as well. Ralph, who I interview with, and Anna, his wife, who also talked to briefly. They are from Florida and have been teaching there for almost two years. Also teaching there is Trevor, but he and I haven't talked or emailed, really.

So far, Ralph has been very helpful with info. On my way to Seoul I will be stopping in Washington and Oregon for just over a week to visit with Dad, Jay, K, Dana, hopefully Ginni and others. Then it's off to Wonju, about an hour and half outside of Seoul. From all of his posts on Dave's ESL site, it seems like Ralph and Anna a very happy there. Apparently, they are negotiating their 2 year renewal contract now. That's a really good sign about eh school.

So, I am nervous, very excited and a bit stressed about getting every thing done. I decided to buy a Mac rather than a PC, so I have given myself a bit of a learning curve there, but it just means I need to invest some time reading. I will no doubt have plenty of that when I arrive, since I will only know Ralph and Anna. I'll bring some knitting along, too, of course!

Currently, I am taking break from my sari silk-the hands are getting tired. It's basically becoming a long thing. It was going to be a thick throw, but I cast on too many stitches and since I already frogged it twice (sari silk does NOT frog well) I don't' want to do it again. Frankly, it's too heavy to take with me unless I can make something useful of it, though. Perhaps a laptop case. We shall see.