Job in Korea

A lot can happen in a month! This morning I received a job offer in Korea, and I took it. I had an interview  with the school a few nights ago on the phone, and that went well. I will be working in a city called Yongin in the Gyeonggi province outside of Seoul. The school is Aran Language School, and it’s a well-established kindergarten hogwan (private school). Originally, I was planning to teach English in a public school in Korea through GEPIK, but I’m excited about my decision to teach at this school. It’s a Kindergarten school during the day, and then there is an afterschool program with elementary school students. There are 8 other English teachers there from Australia, Canada, and the US. My starting date will be July 18^th; and the contract is for a year. I will have 2, one week vacations which means I probably won’t come back to the US until my contract ends in July 2012. I get back from Brazil on July 6^th so I will only have about a week and a half to tie up all my loose ends here. 

Today I went to Annapolis to get some papers apostilled, and I gathered all the other documents to send to Korea before I leave for Brazil on Friday, so I haven’t even thought about packing (for Brazil) yet. Actually, I have yet to unpack from my move from Baltimore to Frederick. After I do that, then I can pack for Brazil. Tomorrow is my last day to get my act together, and then my flight leaves on Friday at 11am. I'll be flying from DC to El Salvador,  El Salvador to Peru, and then finally Peru to Sao Paulo. Each flight is about 5 hours long. Good thing I love flying! I should get to Sao Paulo around 5am on Saturday morning.