My name is Justin Loutsch, and here is where you can read about me trying to find my way in the world, get a job related to international student advising, and have fun. Click About page for more info.
Over the last 5 or 6 years I’ve been reading Ramit Sethi’s blog I Will Teach You to Be Rich, and from here I’ve gained a lot of useful information. I bought his book of the same title in June and am halfway through it. I am excited now to finally have a job and [...]
My first month began with a week filled with review, followed by 2 days of testing in which no material was taught. The material that I didn’t not teach last week will have to be crammed into 2 days this week instead of 3 (MWF normally) because Friday we are having an all day Halloween [...]
I’ve been using a desktop blog editor which apparently didn’t successfully submit my blog entries, and never told me that it did so. That’s why there are so many tonight.
I was told by one of my coworkers while at the bar last night that there is a huge community of English teachers in Seoul, and that it mostly revolves around the bar scene. She said that teaching English in Seoul is, for most people, an extension of college. That’s not really quite what I’m [...]
I started my first day of teaching last Friday (October the 16th) and it was very overwhelming. The kids are constantly yelling out “teacher! teacher!” whenever they have a question. I got over this quickly and ignore most of them and tell them to ask one at a time. The last teacher instituted a dollar [...]
So I’ve been in Seoul for a full 2 weeks now. It has been very fascinating so far! Going to the grocery store was a neat experience. There were so many people standing around every aisle giving out free samples and yelling loudly to get your attention. I couldn’t hep but smile at it all. [...]
I haven’t been here long enough to really give a good opinion yet, and I was only outside in the city one day before I got too sick to enjoy it. So far I think the subway is awesome, and I love having my own place again. I love even more that I can walk [...]
You were best friend to so many of us, and you will be missed deeply. I love you, as do we all. RIP Cory Carrier, 10/1/09.
Working at the Concordia language village was an amazing experience for me. I am still shocked by this because of the short time in which I worked there, just 2 weekends a month for four short months. These weekends changed me tremendously. A brief explanation: these villages are language immersion camps for middle school and [...]