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Medic · Joined: 11 Mar 2003

It's quite informative. Didn't know this kinda stuff went on at International private schools

CentralCali · Joined: 17 May 2007

Medic · Joined: 11 Mar 2003

Interesting that one has to appear at a U.S. consular official abroad if he or she relinquishes U.S. citizenship. I know Holley tore up his U.S passport to satisfy Koreran officials of his intention to become Korean, but no mention has been made of his appearance in front of a consular office about his relinqiuishing his U.S. citizenship. Korean authorities would have had to have been aware of that part of the procedure to insist on it, and if they weren't, he would have been foolish to volunteer it methinks.

Then again maybe he did, but like I said I followed the news about him, and appearing before a consular office wasn't mentioned anywhere.

Len8 · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Location: Kyungju

Seems as though the rules for admission to International schools might be relaxed. Students will have to show that they have lived for three years abroad rather than the 5 years as has normaly been the case.

Don't know if it will make any difference to enrollement at the current crop of International schools, but you never can tell.

Teachers at International schools are all on E-7 visas, so I am wondering how they are coping with the requirement that new teachers have to have a letter saying that they have at least 5 years of teaching experience. Don't know if the experience is in the subject that the person is teaching or if it's just 5 years of teaching in any subject.

The 5 years teaching experience is a restriction placed on would be International school teachers because Christopher Paul Neil was teaching at an International school (this one incidently) , just prior to his arrest in Thailand.

Gwangju foreign school usually hires at least two teachers from the "Princeton Asia" recruiting agency. They are usually new graduates looking for some experience for a year or so, before they get locked into a full time career. Problem with them now is that they wont get their E-7 visas , because of the 5 year teaching experience requirement.