The second part of my week in Korea was consumed with exploring its capital and megacity, Seoul. My grandpa had told me stories of the city in the late 1940s, telling it as desperate place rank with poverty, illness, and mud that vacillated between extremes in weather. I guess I should tell him that Seoul… Read More Seoul by Rail
My poor students were subjected to the GaoKao, the infamous college entrance exam that heaps pressure upon the seniors of China as their fate is decided well into the future. Something like the SATs, and then multiplied by several factors. While pressure is piled upon the students, for myself and the other foreign teachers, it… Read More Rushing Through the Hermit Kingdom
Zak Abroad 