Do I Sound American Now?

One of the things that attracted me to the private English academy that I ended up working for was their class structure – for a brand new teacher, it was extremely comforting to know that basically every minute of a three hour class has already been planned out. During our week long training in Seoul, we took extensive tests on the order of each class: five minutes for attendance, ten for homework check, fifteen for the review test and so on. As my company has schools across the country and is generally regarded as one of the most prestigious academies for parents to send their unsuspecting kids to, the main offices in Seoul have worked hard to ensure that every classroom that bears our company logo, no matter its location, adheres to the same rigorous curriculum and standards. Thanks to this centralized system, my class in Busan is no different from a class in Daejeon or Changwon or Seoul. In theory.

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