Wonderland in Korea

I am Christina and live in Wonderland in Korea. There are only 3 teachers in my Academy and there's no extra teacher so if we are sick, there's no way to recover each teacher's classes. Our strange and strict boss, MR.J, will teach all classes instead of us, but the kids don't want to hear his class. That's problem.

Nowadays my classes are 6 from first grade to middle school students. Some of them really want to learn English and the others just come and sit without showing any efforts. Cause they were listed because of their parents.


Many of Korean mothers care about their kids' education so much. They want their children to go best academies and study harder than any others. So they carry their children here and there every month or once two months.

When I was young, I didn't experience teaching academy much. Besides, there were not many academies for us. My hometown was too small to get these kinds of academies. Instead of studying, after school, I played on the ground, climbed mountains, chased friends and did homework at home.

It's not common to meet foreigners in Gumi. Especially White people. Last week, an American named "Jeff" came this academy and he decided to quit here this week. It's pretty sure he noticed this place is like wonderland. And also the work condition isn't good for him at all, and there's no good place to rest or eat food.

I worked so hard today and almost finished half of my work. There's no good day here. Some happenings occur everyday, especially worse things. I don't know how and why. Work is huge, so it's hard to finish it on time. It's impossible. I have worked there for 4 years, but I can't still finish all work without overworking.

I work at Wonderland for Weird Mr. J. I don't know when I run away from his territory. And I hope I have good time everyday without surprising news.