This is a shorter version of a much longer live stream explaining politeness levels. Although not everything taught in the live stream is present here (for time), it's still an overview of the bulk of what was gone over. Let me know if I missed anything!

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This is a re-post of an essay I wrote for the Korean Dong-A Daily newspaper.

So exactly no one in the English-speaking cares much about this topic. Everyone wants to talk about Trump and Kim and North Korean nuclear weapons. I get it.

When it comes to teaching English in Korea, the most common form in which foreigners in Korea work, there is one type of teaching that rises above all the rest: teaching in a university. Why is this considered better than teaching at a public school or an academy? The answer is easy! One might think it’s simply because of the prestige behind it, but it’s really not just that. Instead, it has a lot more to do with the low amount of hours worked with the long vacations and salary that comes with it.

Nothing's Really Real is a podcast based out of Busan, South Korea, where we talk about art, music, comedy ... and anything else.

Episode 50. My guest is Konner Blunt. He is the host of his own podcast based out of Daegu, The Blunt Report.

Surprisingly, we hardly spend any time talking about podcasting, and end up having a really positive and flowing conversation about death, debating people online, our significance in the universe, and worry ... among other things.

Would you like to teach English abroad in an international school? In China or possibly somewhere else? Did you know that you usually need to be a licensed teacher to do that?

Oh, what a bummer you might say...

But wait...

Instead of going back to school and paying thousands of dollars there's another option.

I am not speaking from experience here, but apparently there's another way and you can get a license through the state of Massachusetts.

Learn more:

I just moved to Fukuoka, Japan about 5 days ago. I have wanted to live here for quite a long time. Finally, I made it. One of the things that kept me out of Japan was the fact that I thought it was so expensive.

I think that is what most people think, right?

Well, I think it can be, but it's not that expensive for me as at the moment as I would say that I am paying about $7-800 a month to live here.

My rent

I am living in what is called a sharehouse. I basically share a kitchen and bathroom with 8 other people and have my own room. That costs about 30,000 Yen a month plus 12,000 for utilities which is about $380.