Hello! Nice to meet all of you.
Name: Aaron
Favourite colour: Sky Blue
Favourite animal: Boston Terrier
Least favourite animal: Opossum
Hometown: Vancouver
MBTI: INFJ
Currently: This is my first year teaching in a classroom environment (English teacher in South Korea, middle school); I have also taught English online. I made the switch because I thought children would bring me more joy than adults.
Previously: UBC (Bachelor of Commerce – Business Technology Management); worked as a functional consultant for the past 4 years implementing SAP cloud solutions (analogy: functionals guys are the waiters and technicals guys work in the kitchen).
Objectives for this course: Have fun. Learn something. Work hard. Feel good. Be happy.
Emerging Market Interest: Technologies used for Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Hi Aaron,
What was your experience as an English teacher in S Korea like?
What about the Opossum makes it your least favourite animal? 🙂
Hi Cindy,
S Korea: Lots of ups and downs as a teacher. The school lunches are delicious.
Opossum: It’s basically a cat-sized rat haha.
Hi Aaron,
Good to see a familiar face!
How was your switch to teaching children online? Does teaching children bring more joy than adults as you hoped?
Hello Mary – I’m only 4 months in, but I would say yes, absolutely.
Hi Aaron,
I love that you mentioned opossums as your least favourite animal. They are super strange things. We get them around our property sometimes and they do an amazing job of playing dead. I thought there was a dead one on my lawn not too long ago and I was going to move it with a shovel. I poked it a bunch of times and it did absolutely nothing. I was about to pick it up and my wife told me to be careful and that they are really good at playing dead (I did not know this at the time). I decided to leave it alone. Sure enough, I looked out the window once I got back inside and the thing just hopped up and ran off. So if your distaste for opossums is due to their deceitfulness, I completely understand. Also, they are very strange looking, so there is that to consider as well.