Our feature teacher for the month of October is Jenny Mei, a teacher at Samgaksan Middle School in Seoul, South Korea. Jenny arrived in South Korea in August, 2005 as a part of a pilot program which saw Footprints place 36 teachers in Seoul public schools, and has been having a blast teaching her students, hiking and sampling Korean cuisine.
Recently Jenny and her friend completed a “Temple Stay” program at Jakwangsa Temple in Daejeon, South Korea. Jakwangsa Temple, “The Temple of Compassionate Light” is a leader in promoting Buddhism among the international community.
Jenny and her friend partook in meditation, Buddhist ceremonial services and chanting, a tea ceremony, walking meditation and hiking and making lotus lanterns while staying at the temple.Check out Jenny’s website for an great array of photos from her temple stay: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennymei/sets/1123980/, as well as photos from her school and other adventures in Korea. Jenny has really taken the initiative to make the most of her experience in Korea, both professionally and personally.
To learn more about taking part in the unique “Temple Stay” program, please visit this informative website: http://eng.templestay.com/
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“I'd like to start off by saying that my choice to teach abroad in Korea was one I know I will never regret! Footprints made it very easy to communicate with the school regarding details of where I'd be living and what I'd be teaching as well as taking care of my flight information. At the airport the morning we left, my boyfriend and I encountered overweight bags and extremely long lines at security, and we missed our flight by literally one minute. As we watched our plane pull from the gate, we just about lost our minds and any hope that we'd make the long journey we'd been planning for so long. We made one simple phone call to the travel agent, Claus, that Footprints set us up with. It was 6AM where he was on a Monday morning when we called in a panic. He said, "Stay by your phone," and we knew that he would fix this fiasco for us. Luckily, while Claus was searching for a solution, a woman from United Airlines was able to book us on another flight so that we would make our connection out of the U.S. to Seoul. We would like to thank Claus and Laina at Footprints for all their help in getting us to Korea!
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