The CSAT and Testing Culture In Korea

Yangban Illustration

This is an illustration I completed for Groove Korea’s November 2015 issue, for an article about the CSAT in Korea. The author of the article points out the ties between modern testing of high school students and the testing of nobility in ancient times. The ties, according to the author, run deep.
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Lunchtime Lies

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Lunch in Korea, at my school in particular, can be a grab bag of sorts. Some days it’s amazing, some days I want to cry. There are times when the food is so good, I stuff all of the leftovers into a plastic box and take it home like the shameless American that I am. Read More

Sassy Students Are the Bees Knees

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When I first started this job, I wasn’t sure what kind of students I’d end up with. Luckily for me, I ended up with a group of pretty good kids who make going to work every day enjoyable. There’s never really a dull moment at my elementary school, and I’m constantly being kept on my toes.
I guess it helps to have a sense of humor that closely matches that of a 5th grader, which now that I think about it, is probably an issue. So what if I occasionally enjoy a pun or potty joke?
YOLO, y’all.

Fighting!

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Sometimes all it takes is a short convo with your students to turn your day around. Sometimes it works the other way around, but those are few and far between. Ah, the perks of being a teacher in the ROK.
Fighting!

Thug Life

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Elderly women in Korea have the strength of 20 men.

I guess this is the beginning of this whole comic thing! Here we go…

Malaysia Travel Poster

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I decided last winter that I’d start a new series of vintage-inspired travel posters for all of the places I’ve visited while living abroad. Here is the poster I completed for Malaysia using Photoshop and Illustrator. You can find examples of my other work on my portfolio page.
Self-motivating is getting interesting, guys.