by Anna Stroud | May 10, 2018 | Ramblings, South Africa, teaching, Video, writing
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week, where we remember all the amazing teachers that helped make us who we are. In this phenomenal TED Talk (below), Rita Pierson says the following: Teaching and learning should bring joy. How powerful would our world be if we had...
by Anna Stroud | Dec 22, 2016 | EPIK, teaching, TEFL, Travel
It’s beautiful here in EPIK land, isn’t it? Advice for new EPIK teachers I remember it well; that first time I decided to move to Korea for an EPIK adventure. I was 22, fresh out of university, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and ready …...
by Anna Stroud | Dec 15, 2016 | EPIK, teaching, TEFL, Travel
For one semester, I taught a special after-school program at Kyungduk Girls High School. The Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education recently held a workshop and dinner where they invited Native English Teachers who were involved in these projects to talk about their...
by Anna Stroud | Dec 11, 2016 | EPIK, Food, Non-fiction, teaching, TEFL, Travel
Goodness, last week I was an emotional wreck. (I was also very cold, but that’s besides the point.) I’ve already decided not to renew my contract and I’m all set to move to Seoul next year to pursue writing full-time. I’m all ready, you...
by Anna Stroud | Nov 14, 2016 | Amateur Photography, EPIK, nature, teaching, TEFL, Travel, Video
Have I mentioned that I really love autumn in Korea? The way the leaves change colour and crunch beneath your feet as you walk to school. People get giddy for spring, and I admit, I’ve had my fair share of spring fever, but there is something about autumn that...
by Anna Stroud | Sep 13, 2016 | EPIK, Ramblings, teaching, TEFL, Travel
When you’re living abroad, in a culture that’s so different from your own, it’s easy to feel lonely and isolated at work. Hell, it’s easy to feel lonely and isolated in your own damn country, never mind Korea. That is why, when you have moments...