Americans Abroad

I came to Korea 10 years ago to teach and it was suppose to be for a year. One year rolled into two, then I met my wife and married a Korean. She is much closer to her family than I am so I've been sympathetic toward staying here.

I had stuff in storage in the US for several years and finally just chucked all of it (kept a few things). It's an interesting way to purge your life. That stuff is sitting at my mom's and I'll have to box it up nice and ship it over the next time I'm there.

I have mostly taught at the university level (the first couple of years I taught kids). Right now I'm finishing my doctorate and will start teaching again next month.

Health care here is universal and we pay a percentage of our income. If we are unemployed then we can pay for an individual policy. I agree it is nice living in a place where you don't have to worry about whether you can go to the doctor.