Anyeong Haseyo "Song Shin Nim?"* ( Hello Teacher )

Teaching is never my ambition, yet it ended up as my profession. It's a very long story and one thing I'm sure of is that I didn't regret why I became a teacher. Everyone could be a teacher, whether he/she may be a professional or not. A mother is a teacher to her kids and an older sister can be a teacher to her younger siblings. Teaching in a regular school and handling students of different cultural background is another thing. Yes, it is a tough but an exciting job. I learned to understand the language that children speak and sometimes I needed to act and think like them so I can be understood. My teaching experience is one of the treasures that I will keep.
I left teaching job due to some circumstances.
Today, I was thinking of a good title for this new blog. I don't know if the title fits well, I just wanted to express that I'm excited to go back to teaching job. Today is my first day as an ESL (English as a Second Language) Instructor at Sam-SungMulti English Academy. I and Jerry, my officemate, started applying last Saturday, June 23, 2007. We had a hard time locating the place. When we submitted our CV we were interviewed directly and took the exam. I was so sleepy while taking the exam since I still had my job the previous night and had my MA class on Saturday. The result was good so the academic coordinator scheduled us for a teaching demonstration on Monday, June 25, 2007. There were so many applicants. Some were nervous for the interview and others were just quiet. I felt sad since I realized that there are lots of people who are jobless. I was thinking not to go on with my application so others could take the opportunity since I'm just applying for a part time job. But then I also need extra income. Well, the process was fair enough for everyone. I was surprised that my "student" in my teaching demonstration is one of the administrators in the academy. After the demonstration we had an interview with Mrs. Emeline Wang, the academic coordinator. Then she told us to be back the next day, (Tuesday) for the final interview with the Administrative Manager, Mr. Wang. I thought he didn't like my previous teaching experiences with the two previous Korean institutions since they were for a few months. Lastly, Mrs. Wang called me and gave the contract. I'm really thankful that they gave me the opportunity to be a teacher again. I'm happy and so excited.
A new beginning...

*Song Shin Nim- i don't know if this is the exact Korean word for teacher... i'll do my research and I'll update..