The Korean Times

I was featured in an article in the Korean Times. Check it out:

"Although many of the new teachers have no ties to Korea, other applicants, such as 23-year-old Mark Duckett from Boston, sought an English-teaching program specifically to come here.

The recent graduate found out about EPIK through a recruiter, who arranged the details with him by e-mail.

Duckett is an ethnic Korean born in Seoul, but moved to the United States when he was an infant. He recently visited the country to connect with his lost culture and now he's back to stay. "I knew I wanted to come back here after I graduated to teach English," he said. "Probably to live here for the rest of my life."

Duckett, a finance graduate, also plans to take Korean lessons to gain fluency in a language he only partially knows. He's a little nervous, but mostly excited about the upcoming year. "I hope the orientation's informative," he added. "Because I haven't taught before."'

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