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[mastap]

I plan to do one, as I have really had enough w/my ps.

What is the advantage/disadvantage of doing the following:
a) at airport, leaving w/my ARC card (pretending as if it is weekend vacation w/plans to return)

b)at airport, giving the immi officer my ARC card and telling them I am leaving and to cancel my E2, since I've been wronged by my school.

btw, I do not plan to work again in Korea on an E2, however there is a small chance I might want to come in as a visitor to meet friends (not work).

since I work at a public school tied to government, if I do option b), will they try to stop me from leaving?

If I do option a), will I still be able to enter Korea later as a visitor?
I think the school/organization will cancel E2 visas for runners after they leave, but not sure.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

I don't think it will make any difference if you don't plan to work in Korea again. You can just hand them your ARC and say you have to go home. If you don't have a re-entry stamp in your passport you may have to do this in any case.

Out of curiousity, why are you running from your PS job?

[Draz]

I too want to know which of the many complaints people have made about public school is the specific reason the OP wants to not only quit, but run.

PS only looks like a good job when compared to the other options.

[oskinny1]

The only reason to run from a PS is to get out of paying for the plane ticket and relocation fee. It is the same as stealing.

If you are past your six month mark, put in your 30 day notice and leave like a respectable person. The school may not be treating you well, but by you running you are screwing a hell of a lot of people over (those having to cover your classes and the students to name a few).

[Draz]

[CentralCali]

If you are working at a public school as the school's native English instructor, not as someone provided by an outside employer for an after-school program, you should first go through the following individuals in order to address your complaints or concerns:

Problem-Resolution Chain

• Co-teacher.
  
• Department Head.
  
• Vice-principal.
  
• Principal.
  
• School inspector over your school at the regional Office of Education.
  
• Coordinator of foreign teachers at the provincial/metropolitan Office of Education.
  
• Labor Board.

If you decide that you can't be bothered with that and want to leave anyway, what you should do is return the allowances mentioned above and then leave. You're also shafting anyone else who will get placed at that school in the future.

So, have you taken your concerns up the problem resolution chain or did you just keep it all bottled inside? After all, it's only the 3rd week of the 3rd month of the 1st semester. What have they done to you that's so bad you want to bail this early?

[ED209]

[Draz]

[it's full of stars]

Even if you see out your contract, you're still gonna be regarded as that waygugin bastard who didn't love the Korea enough to stay forever at the same wage. ungrateful bastards. You will be remembered as the fucker that left, the next guy will be remembered as not being as good as the last guy.

Just fuckin' run if you want to, if you're single and have lots of money go to Japan and get a job. If you don't, go to Vietnam. What real problems are you creating for the students? They see you for 40-55 mins once a week. Obviously you're indispensable , if that's true why can nobody say your fuckin' name correctly?

[pkang0202]

Go up the chain and address your problems. Maybe you can even request to get transferred to a different school.

Running makes it harder on the rest of us.

[kentucker4]

Who gives a shit, just go. Don't listen to these people about you being selfish. You are not REALLY hurting anyone. Certainly not the kids. So some teachers have to cover some extra classes. Booo hoo hooo. Seriously, there's a lot worse that you could do. This is a business. They know that when they sign you on that you can run at any time. You are an investment for them. And just like any other investment, you are a risk. Well, they invested poorly. That's life. Besides, odds are
none of the Koreans who you work with truly accept you. Everything at my school, at least, is for face value.

[bogey666]

[jadarite]

I don't see how doing a runner hurts. It opens a spot for someone else to work at. If it was a good school, then the teacher who left either had enough of it or they made a mistake. If it wasn't a good school, then that should send a clear message to the other teachers. Maybe they should do the same.

This is like the saying "If you don't vote, you can't complain". I see it the other way around. If you stay at a bad school, you are actually hurting everyone else by supporting a faulty system.

[ED209]

[Otherside]