Our Academy

I thought it seemed appropriate to finally give a small tour of our Hagwon, Han's Academy, or 한상희어학원. We have not been inside another academy so it is difficult to know how our set-up compares to others. I do know that our academy is one of the largest and is the most respected Hagwon in our city. Our director, Han, who you can see pictured below, has had our school open for 9 years. This is an impressive feat as many academies, and businesses in general, do not make the cut and close quickly after the ribbon has been snipped.

 

I never would have guessed there to be so many Korean/English language books. If it's out there, I almost guarantee it is on the wall of our Teacher's Room. My chair is the one on the right (back to the camera) and Nick sits across from me. This is ideal for making love eyes to each other while we prep for classes.

The standard classroom. This is about the average size, seating about 10-12. We have 7 classrooms in total, the largest seating 40. I thoughtfully took this photo to hide the graffiti on the walls. Every room has an assortment of random writing, but you will be sure to find <3 BIG BANG ^^, Nick-Teacher is so handsome!!!!, or the like.

This one dates back to January when we worked our intensive schedule. Each day lunch was provided and this is what the spread usually consisted of (plus rice of course!).

One by one, my ET1 (low level/beginner) students sat down and took out their phones while waiting for classes to begin. These girls are about 8 years old - most every student, even the 6 year old's, come equipped with a phone. Pictured from the left: Tiffany, Jessica, Lea, and Sunny.

Ah, the random gifts from our student, Stella. These are a special type of brown eggs. We aren't entirely sure the story behind them as Stella was unable to articulate how they are prepared...

... what I can say is that mine left a strange taste in my mouth and Nick wasn't brave enough to eat his.

 

This is Jack. Jack is smart.

Jack is so cooool.