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Dear John ......and Jack

 Key to the survival of a freelance ESL teacher like me is having a reliable agent in Korea. i'm lucky to have one. More so, I'm lucky to have been given the chance to meet wonderful students who have been part of my development as a person. John and Jack are of them.....sadly, John has to go to High School and for that matter stay in the dormitory where no electronic gadgets are allowed. And so is the end of more than 1 year of learning and enjoying each others company.......

John and jack from South Korea
Jack in yellow and John in red ( the 1st photo they sent me)



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Jack left and John in one of their countryside tours

.....whenever a student say goodbye, a part of a teacher's heart dies with it. But I value good memories more than anything. The times when you laugh your heart out loud are the only things you can claim your own.

So I always remind myself. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. I will miss you guys and I wish you well in life......


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  1. Naks! iba talaga pag teacher oh... jijijijijiji

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  2. ngayon ko lang na-realize na students never forget teachers. yung name probably, pero yung memory of who they are what they somehow look like and what they did eh nagstistick sa isip.

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  3. ^ yeah I agree. kasi binabati ko minsan teachers ko nung elementary pag nakakasabay ko sila, di na nila ko kilala.

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  4. I am Xprosaic---one of the simple joys of life...naks

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  5. Random Student--I was once a student too---and it's true. teachers affect eternity talaga...

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  6. Chyng---ahehe-sa dami nu ba naman Chyng. so mas madali na yung teacher yung maalala kesa the other way around. hehe

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  7. glentot---di naman masyado nang corny kung umiyak pako diba?

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  8. ang ganda ng propesyon mo tsong. masarapung feeling na magkaroon ng mga estudyante na lagi kang naalala

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  9. Bino--nakakataba talaga ng heart...hehe

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  10. okey lang iyan..may iba pa namang estudyante..naalala ko tuloy ang mga naging teacher ko..

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  11. oo ako yung nagadd sa yo sa fb hehehe

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  12. Arvin---uo nga. there's a lot of fish in the sea. hehe

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  13. Bino ---cge ---add kita. now na. hehe

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  14. it just means na you're doin ur job with passion. Yah, u probably won't remember every single student you had...but u'll always be remembered if u influenced them the most. Cheers!

    Btw, I have a teacher friend too who used to work sa Korean school.She's now in Korea and happily married with her once korean student. Check her site: http://kimchiiorsomethinglikeit.blogspot.com/

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  15. mishi--- thanks for the kind words....and thanks for telling me about your friend. I visited her blog and I could tell that she is happy with her husband. I added her in my blog list too. thanks again

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  16. "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened"- I used to do both! haha

    awww, that's sweet. I'm sure they'll be missing you,too:)

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  17. Annyeong haseyo!

    Wow I didn't know na teacher ka pala ^_^

    Talagang mahirap mawalay sa iyong estudyante lalo pa at napamahal na sila sa iyo.

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  18. phoebe---wow---thanks for dropping by. do you still teach there? you know, once a teacher, always a teacher. hehe

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  19. fiel-kun ---by profession po. oldo originally chemistry teacher...

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