Friend's Facebook Update Reminded Me of Something
I have an American Facebook friend who is fortunate to be teaching English on a beautiful Korean island. I hope to visit that island sometime. This past weekend we had a three-day weekend because of Buddha's Birthday on Friday. Today she wrote on her Facebook page that she can't believe there won't be more vacation for the next two months. I'm not sure about her vacation schedule. Two months from now is July so she must be getting some vacation time then. Reading this made me think back the summer of my first year in Korea which was spent working for a hagwon, a foreign language institute. In early May there was Buddha's Birthday and at the end of September there was Chusok, Korean thanksgiving. There was almost a five month period with no holidays on the calendar. I wouldn't have known but a teacher friend took a calendar one day and looked at the months remaining that year. There were few holidays. One of the most important things at that time was I was lo...