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The People's Voice is the Voice of Heaven.”
Sinmoongo(a Big Drum), the system of handling complaints against
the government during the Joseon Dynasty, was the first step towards
giving the people a say in government affairs.
Driven by our ancestors' lofty ideals, Sinmoongo is reborn
as “e-People“ by integrating all channels of administrative
organization to the people to upgrade the whole function
of administrative judgment and corruption
reporting as well as petition, proposal and policy
discussion services.
e-People, available everywhere in the world, will take the lead to make a new face of Korea by resolving even trivial complaints after listening closely to the voices of the people and accepting their creative ideas positively.

ideal ideas

Lesson plan ideas: summer camp
Four corners
Number the corners from 1 to 4 and assign an English vocabulary word to each number. Select one student to be "It." That person closes his or her eyes while the rest of the students go to one of corners in the classroom. When all students are settled in a corner, It calls out a number. All the kids who chose the corner with that number are out of the game and must sit down. It closes his or her eyes again, calls out a number or word, and more students sit down. When the game gets down to 4 people or fewer, each must choose a different corner. If It calls out a corner where nobody is standing, It must choose again. The game continues until only one student is left. That student becomes It.
Restaurant: Making a Smoothie or Shake
sliced banana
3-4 large strawberries (top sliced off)
2 cups milk
1/4 cup of yogurt (optional)
1 1/2 teaspoon sugar
5 ice cubes
Combine all ingredients except sugar in blender. Blend until smooth and creamy. Add sugar. Enjoy!

Big Hall: Four Corners

Popping Idea: learn to spell the colors- color word unscramble
Project a color by numbers picture on to the white board. Issue multicolor markers. Students must make 2 teams and go back an forth coloring in the number assigned to a color. Ex: One –red twenty-five-blue five-black

Library Noise Maker Story book

Assign a sound or action or picture to hold up....with several words. Practice. Read a simple story containing the words. Pause after saying each special word so the students can insert sound action of picture appropriately.

Why Old Korean Men Love Me

What is the deal with these old farts running up on every young new face they see. What is so screwed up in their head that they actually think I'd find them attractive? Was it the hobbled leg, the over brown teeth w bad breath? That's really hot! Was it the way your dirty finger nails attach crookedly to grimy hands that are always clawing at my bosom? Sexy! Was it the fact that you can offer nothing but a waste of 2 minutes with a 1 inch ding dong to an american girl wh is accustomed to MUCH MUCH better?


Maybe after 40 these guys get bain damaged form soju or makali... but one things is for sure. They lose their damn minds!

A Rainy Day

It's been pouring dirty rain all day long. I'm opting to stay inside and meditate. I need some reflection time. I have acquired another teaching job in Korea..due to start soon. But it's not as fun as before.. I'm getting bored and very tired of taking all these differences of culture that always seem to infringe on my well- being. Everything feels different.. i don't know know if it's me that's changed or the world. It's staggering the changes are vast...

Better Days

I'm excited to say that I landed another ESL job close to where I'm living now. So I don't have to leave my friends and my sweetheart anymore. I can't wait to visit home and do some American things. i can't believe it's been a year!!! Sweet Home Alabama! I've been through a lot especially since i've been hospitalized twice since i've been here.. it sucks

Happy Birthday to me...again

I can't believe these guys have done it again- freakin genius!!

My Bday was great.. better than I expected. I guess it doesn't hurt that i partied for 3 days straight. I'm soo tired it's not even funny. I'm so thankful that i had so many people so crunk and disorderly around me- kept my mind off of all the drama that's been afloat. I just wanna get back to living life, and loving it.

Sidenote: Everything just seems to be a little better when you're with someone...

open class

Up aginst a rock and a hard place

I'm English teacher in Yeongju in the very rural Gyeongbuk province. I don't have an understanding of Korean law, but I think my public English Center is doing some pretty shifty things. So I'm just writing to relieve stress and maybe get some help understanding an clarifying if what's been happening gives me . I'm beyond my cause to formally complain.... I have called every office of ministry to ask for help and they keep telling me I should ask elsewhere. 'I'm pretty much at wits end and I just want to get out of this nightmare -fairly. I know that rural schools are let off the hook alto because of their status, but they take small town politics to a new level.
1. Many teachers are hired and work for months without visas. These teachers are paid through other teachers accounts
2. The school often obligates us to work overtime without extra pay.
3. School obligates us to work extra English camps during vacation time. We are paid extra- however the rate of pay is changed drastically and without warning. usually after the camps are over
4. The school obligates teachers to attend impromptu dinners and noraebangs after school hours which last 6-8 hours.
5. School principal openly sexually harasses and man handles female teachers while drunk at said dinners and noraebangs.
6. The school does not recognize the contractual 15 paid sick days in our contracts. Teachers are hassled while sick and forced to come in anyways.
7. I am eligible for a pay grade for a EPIK GET level 2. However I was threatened into signing a contract that says GET 3. After many discussions- my pay grade level went up to level 2. However the contract says level 3. I've complained but was told it's a non issue. Now( after 10 months) the school is claiming overpayment: they are lowering my salary and taking my severance pay to compensate.
8. I requested a meeting with my school board where I discussed concerns about contracts, teaching hours, and teachers health. Afterwards, I actually ended up in the hospital for 4 days. Due to this I am being asked to non resign at my school. However it's been our understanding that i would resign since January; therefore I am not prepared for a move or another job search.
9. I've requested meeting with my principal and City board of Education- however, they are friends and are both refusing a face to face meeting, refusing all calls, and not responding to emails.
10.My principal wants me to write a letter stating that I don't want to resign. When I refused I was threatened with a poor reference and possible black listing for my particular town.
11. Our school is a center that operates with 8 teachers. We are losing 4 teachers in one month. There are no other teachers to take our spots. 2 of the teachers happen to be Caucasian and they have been written and formally asked to resign, however myself and the only other African American teacher want to resign and are being rejected. My co teacher informs me that the principal would like more Caucasian teachers for better image.
12. I secured a new job to go to .. however my principal called and got my offer withdrawn.

Tough Skin

Lots of things have been happening.. Bad things.. really awful.. snow ball effect on me..