Bike Ride

Occasionally, we'd combine Cultural Inheritance class with a bit of an outing. Here we're taking advantage of the nice weather to head out on a bike ride.

Pizza and class presentations down by the lake.

Spring 2007

So, here we are in spring 2007, my second semester at GEV. This is Cultural Inheritance class, which is also my Intensive Conversation and homeroom class. I had 11 students, all guys, and they dubbed themselves "Martin's Eleven".


Music English class


Reading English class


Writing class

Golgulsa

My sister Suzanne and brother-in-law Peter came to visit me in January 2007. They had been doing some volunteer work in the Philippines and decided to drop in just because they were in the area. We had a really nice time visiting the Golgulsa temple.

We also went for a visit to Seoul, where we took in the Gyeongbokgung Palace.





You can see Suzy and Peter in there, on the left.

Andong

The entire school used to go on a full-day field trip once per semester. Here we are travelling to Andong, a town famous for its mask dance tradition.

Cheon Ma Chong

One of the nice perks of my job is I get to go on field trips with my students to historical sites nearby. Here we're going to Cheon Ma Chong, the tomb of a Silla king.

Halloween 2006

Halloween isn't traditionally a part of Korean culture, so it's especially fun for our students to dress up in costumes and play games like bob for apples. I was a zombie.