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[keseki]

for anyone that is in the SMOE program, what is the pyong size of your accommodation?

also...is it an officetel, villa, or apartment?

thanks!

[Bibbitybop]

Three things can happen with SMOE housing:

1. You get a nice apartment of varying size, usually not too far from your school.

2. You get placed in the Co-op near Dongdaemun. People that live there have about 35 other foreign teachers in their building and a central location in Seoul, but the size of the room is a joke. I don't know about pyongs, but think of a college dorm room and cut it down a bit. Probably about 5 meters wide from desk to wall and 6 meters long. There's a bed to take up part of that space. The bath room and kitchen are about 1.5 by 2 meters.

3. You can get 500,000 won per month for a housing allowance.

Many SMOE teachers will not return next year if their school and SMOE don't find them bigger accomidations.

[keseki]

well, if they give you housing allowance, do they also take care of key money? or is that the responsibility of the teacher?

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[pkang0202]

SMOE contract is gonna put the pressure on GEPIK. When it comes time for me to renew, I'm gonna show the SMOE contract to my school and tell them that I'm leaving unless they can sweeten the deal well enough to make me stay.

[Bibbitybop]

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