Hello everyone,
The title of this post is written in Hangul, the Korean alphabet. The romanized way of writing and pronouncing it is "anyong-haseyo," and it is a way of saying, "how do you do?" in Korean. It's actual meaning seems to be somewhat contentious, even among the native Koreans I know. It is somewhere between "good day" and just plain "hello," I think. Whatever the translation, I say it to you whole-heartedly!
I've been thinking and talking about starting this blog for a few months now. The title functions as my prediction of what the experience of teaching English in South Korea--and trying to learn Korean at the same time--will be like. It will probably be the case that much of what I try to communicate to others will be "lost in translation," as will much of what others attempt to communicate to me.
Anywho...at long last, introducing Laura's Korea Blog! Just one more blog in a long line of blogs completely dedicated to teaching abroad in South Korea. How can mine possibly be any different from all the rest? Well, I'll tell you one thing: none of the other blogs were written by yours truly. I guess we'll just have to wait and see...
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