Hey Folks...
We've been without internet for awhile so we haven't been able to update much. We had a pretty stressful day on Saturday with tests and evaluations and presentations, but we finished and passed our training. Woohoo! That Saturday night we had to catch the bullet train to Taegu. We were so exhausted and just wanted to sleep, but it just didn't work out that way. Blake has been so excited to ride this bullet train, but was promptly disappointed to discover that you couldn't see how fast things were going by because it was night. He could only see his own reflection. We arrived in Taegu at midnight and we were met at the station by someone from CDI. He showed us to our temporary accomodations and then our Branch Manager wanted to show us the school, take us shopping and have us talk to people about the classes we were going to teach. I could hardly see straight. Korean culture doesn't value sleep like we do. It is currently Monday and we're gearing up to teach our first class. I'm very nervous because they apparently mixed up some details with my training and I haven't been trained for some of the classes I need to teach. The staff we have met seem very welcoming so far.
We've been really impressed with how high tech everything is. We have our own computers in our classrooms and all our classes are videotaped by a small camera in the corner. This is how they evaluate our teaching and it also prevents potential problems because they are able to verify and check out everything that happens in the class. While I understand it is a good tool, it does make me a little nervous that someone will be watching.
We will be moving to our new apartment soon- our branch manager said it would happen today so we're really hoping for that. It will be really nice to unpack and do some laundry.
We have lots of stories, but we'll have to save that for later. We apologize for not posting pictures yet, my trusty laptop almost has a heart attack each time I try. We'll work on it once we get a converter.
Does anyone know how to change all the blog settings into English? I've been trying to navigate from memory, but it's all in Korean!
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We are Blake and Erin Bradley. We were married in May of 2006 and are currently living in South Korea's capital city of Seoul. We teach English in the public school system and most days enjoy our jobs. These posts are a collection of our random thoughts as we attempt to make sense of life in a foreign land.
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Hey Erin. I did a little poking around and here's what I think you'll need to do to change your blogger language settings.
1. Get to your Blogger Dashboard - it's the page you get sent to after you login to blogger.com
2. At the bottom of the page there will be a series of clickable links, which are followed by a ©1999-2007 Google. You want to click the sixth (6th) one from the beginning, which should be language (if it's not, just go back and try the rest until you find the right one). You should get a list of languages.
3. Click on the dot beside "English", then click the Orange button at the bottom of the page, which is the "Save Settings" button.
That should do it. If not, throw me an email and we'll sort it out from there.
HEYY!! Congratulations on passing the training! We're so proud of you! Tomorrow is Trent's grad...so, that's exciting for me. Also, don't worry about the camera in the classroom...its probably just because they like watching Canadian people. I betcha they all sit in a little room and watch and talk about how smart and beautiful you are :).
Talk to ya soon hopefully.
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