indecision

I recently received news that my school is closing at the end of February. This is unexpected and puts me in a tight spot. I really liked this job, and was counting on returning home at the end of August. Now my options are to return home at the end of February, or to find another school and sign on for another year.

vacation classes

Presently, it's school vacation time in South Korea. You know what that means? Mothers throughout the country, seeing that their children are not currently subjected to an incessant barrage of formal education, are stricken with the howling fantods, fearful that even a moment of quiescence means they are falling behind their classmates, and so enroll them in more private academies, thereby ensuring that this purported vacation is actually more strenuous than when school is in session.