Video: The Truth About Hagwons

A little while ago I filmed a video (or series of videos – my camera kept dropping out) about my hagwon. It was a pretty difficult time, filled with a lack of communication, undermining and just general deference to the authority of “tiger moms”. I sort of filmed the video to get some stuff off…

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So I Just Ordered My First Memebox…

Hi friends! I am writing this from my desk at work, where we are currently ‘deskwarming’/sitting around perusing the internet and chatting amongst ourselves for a few hours on a Wednesday morning. Working at a hagwon, I am not used to this much free time and I don’t quite know what to do with myself!…

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Life in a Korean Hagwon (or #hagwonlyf)

Hey everyone, I wrote this post last month during big, busy and quite stressful week at school and have waited a while to post it because… well, it’s pretty intense! I have now been in Korea for nine and a half months and it has absolutely flown by. I am truly having the time of my…

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