Update - SLOWLY learning Korean. Its actually not that hard a language so far. Oh yes, and to my kids I am 비만 선상님 or (literal pronunciation) Beeman Sonsangneem (Fat Teacher, yeah, I weigh all of 200 pounds, but a gut equates fat here it seems).
So, for the next person who wants to call me some form of "tourist TEFL jackass" (okay well only one person has done it so far). Yes, I am doing TEFL. I am also 70,000+ in debt in the US and am able to actually save money here for a return to the US sometime in the distant future. I know that even saving the very nice $1.5K I am able to put in the bank here each month, it will still take me quite a few years. I am not here chasing Asian skirt. I do actually enjoy teaching and was considering going back to college to teach in the US (as I was sick to death of programming after only about 5 years in the field), but my debt made that impossible. I am trying to rebuild a life after a failed company, completely explosive ending of a relationship, a very significant alchohol dependancy, if not outright alchoholism, as well as several suicide attempts. NO I AM NOT LOOKING FOR PITY SO FUCK OFF BEFORE YOU EVEN SAY IT! I am telling you why I am here so maybe you will leave me the fuck alone. I am trying to rebuild my life and I found here at least I could escape for a time, see some new places and actually, for once, save money, while hopefully trying to recover mentally. Whether you want to give me shit or not for doing TEFL, oh well. I have my reasons and I believe they are valid. I would like to try to make a run at a real future one day and I hope this situation gives me that oppurtunity.
David Huber
Gayang-dong, GangSeo-gu, Seoul, South Korea (Complicated? Yeah, it is. I am still not quite sure how exactly the address works. Gayang-dong is a district (dong means basically district.), whereas GangSeo-gu is a town (I think!?!?!) and Seoul is the region (Again... I think!?!?!))
domin212 (at signamijig) gmail (dot thingy) com
Yes I am taching English here. The money is good and most expenses are paid for, so for a debtor like me, it is a great situation.
Domin's political compass (I find this infinately interesting at charting my political ebb and flow over time through a test that SEEMS pretty comprehensive. So I posted the changes here, maybe in a few years I'll still be here and do it again.
March, 2008
Economic Left/Right: 2.75 (Slight Economic Right)
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.05 (Moderate Social Libertarian)
April, 2006:
Economic Left/Right: 5.75 (mid-far economic right)
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.18 (low-mid social libertarian)
Mid 2003
Economic Left/Right: 2.88 (low-mid economic right)
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.21 (mid social libertarian)
http://www.politicalcompass.org/
Most well-received writeup:
Hello, I take Zoloft. I am so gloriously mentally ill! You will love me, yes? - Not sure how this is so, but okay... ... ... I guess.
Least well-received writeups:
My favorite writeup:
Georgia - This, to me, exemplifies how E2 has improved my writing.
And some more useless information:
- Joined: September 7, 2002
- Reached Level 3:1/28/04 : Treaty of Nerchinsk
- Reached 20 merit:6/19/05
- Reached Level 4:2/23/06 : Warsaw
- I have FREAKING C!s!!! /me does the happy dance!!!
I've always meant to fill this spot with something. Some anecdote, some wisdom, just something, but I've never managed to figure out what. Maybe it eludes me, or maybe the revelation of too much of myself is something I fear. Whatever the reason, you will find none of that beauty that can inhabit other noder's homes in mine own. A stark place it is here, but maybe more me than wisdom, or beauty or insight.
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