Saturday, September 11, 2010

Teaching in South Korea - Seoul Korea

Last August, the HCPSS delegation to South Korea had the honor of meeting the National Assembly Member that represents the City of Iksan in the national parliament - Ms. Cho. She invited our entire delegation to the National Assembly building where we were given a special tour and then we were given the wonderful opportunity to eat lunch with Ms. Cho in the National Assembly building.

We
visited Changdeokgung, known as Changdeokgung Palace which is set within a large park in Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the "Five Grand Palaces" built by the kings of the Joseon Dynasty. Because of its location east of Gyeongbok Palace, Changdeokgung is also referred to as the East Palace(東闕, Donggwol). The literal meaning of Changdeokgung(昌德宮) is "Palace of Prospering Virtue".




Enjoying a traditional Korean meal with our homestay families.








2 comments:

  1. Great pictures from a very special trip.

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  2. Yes! Our county has a partnership with South Korea. Their students come to the USA for the summer to learn English. The American teachers go to South Korea to provide new teaching strategies to teach to the Korean teachers teaching English! :-)

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