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Boodleheimer

just out of curiousity, were you misled about your job by the teacher you replaced? if you've been following my weird saga, it turns out the same thing happened to the couple of teachers we replaced--- they didn't mention it at all, though. in fact, their recommendation was shining and spotless! even though they had already gone back to their home country (no boss looking over their shoulder).

call me naive, call me foolish, but i was hoping for a little more honesty. Embarassed

oh, well. it didn't kill me, did it? it's just a little annoyance.

ilovebdt · Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Location: Nr Seoul

Who told you this?

ilovebdt

willneverteachagain · Joined: 17 Dec 2006

yes i was

Trumpcard · Joined: 24 Feb 2006

i was "misled" on a grand scale.....by the other foreign teachers, one of whom received a 400,000 recruiting fee, and the school itself which gave me a new contract to sign on my first day that included teaching 2 hours on a saturday once a month, unpaid of course. god bless Jung Chul

Boodleheimer · Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:13 pm Post subject:

willneverteachagain · Joined: 17 Dec 2006

yup mine got a recruiting fee too even when i asked if he was getting paid for head hunting he still lied to my face

Canadian Club · Joined: 12 Aug 2006

I was.

ilovebdt · Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Location: Nr Seoul

hubba bubba · Joined: 24 Oct 2006

There was an "overly rosey" pic painted by the local spineless kiss a$$ teacher who also forgot to leave out some small details like "um, the apts have no aircon are probably the size of your bathroom back home".

Lizara · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Location: Seoul

Twice... both schools turned out okay, but there were some important details that were left out by the people I replaced... like the fact that the cook at my current job uses my kitchen to cook the kindergarten lunch. I'm absolutely not okay with that, but there's really nowhere else for her to do it... but had I known beforehand, I wouldn't have signed the contract.

TheUrbanMyth · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Location: Retired

wylies99 · Joined: 13 May 2006 Location: I'm one cool cat!

Yes- the last teacher who had my classes was a liar who lowered the bar to almost floor level.

Cynical Optimist · Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Location: S.E. Korea

The teacher who hooked me up with my job was honest. Very Happy

I've had a few minor issues (as may be seen in another thread), but I think that just goes with the territory (hakwon). Overall, my boss treats me well, never gets angry at me about anything -- in fact he's very anti-confrontation. Also he always asks if I want to do an extra class on occasion -- it's always my choice even if it would still be under the contract hours!

Previous teacher basically said good kids, good boss, good town. I'd say that's about 99% accurate.

Novernae · Joined: 02 Mar 2005

The teachers at both schools I've worked at were honest.

crazylemongirl · Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Location: almost there...

mine was very honest. The person who hired me too me to the apartment where I'd be staying at and explained what the likely realties for my gig would be.

In the end, the best decisions are made by going to the school and the community and making your own judgement call rather than relying on others.