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margaret
Joined: 14 Oct 2003
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 Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 9:51 am Post subject: I like Korea |
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| The reason I went to Korea and would like to go back is because I like Korea and Koreans. They may be rude by American standards but they're kind and looked out for me. I love the food. I like how things are cute, small and intimate (except in parts of Seoul.) |
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Homer
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Basically, you're paid to take s**t here and keep smiling along with it.. If you're prepared for a year of that, in order to save more money than you can in other countries, you'll have it made. |
Thats your take on it Rapier.
To each his own. I do not look at it this way, never have. |
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Butterfly
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: Kuwait
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Homer wrote: |
| To each his own. I do not look at it this way, never have. |
Me neither Homer. There is no point trying to argue with them any more is there?  |
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l'il kim
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: T-dot
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| A couple things to bear in mind: your life here will most likely be relatively easy (provided you don't get the boss from hell who tries to rip you off) and you will also be able to save a fair amount of money, depending on your financial proclivities. However, in most respects, working in Korea is a dead-end job for most people. It can certainly be quite lucrative, but it's still generally a dead-end option unless you intend to make your career in ESL. I mean, once you return to your home country, no one cares that you worked at Mr. Kim's English Hagwon for x number of years. However, if you come here with that in mind and are willing to soak up the experience of being here, then it could be worthwhile. But lots of folks seem to be coming here for an escape, or because they were otherwise unemployable in their home countries... |
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riokid
Joined: 08 Jun 2003
Location: Almancil, Algarve, Portugal
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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| IconsFanatic wrote: |
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| Korean language is easier to learn than Chinese or Japanese for beginner type tyings. |
Say what?!?
I agree. Say What?
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| Only one alphabet to read. |
Oh, you're talking about reading and writing. Sure, Korean is much easier in that regard. But, as a native English speaker, I'd have to say that speaking and listening to Japanese is much easier than Korean.
Pretty much all the sounds in Japanese already exist in English. The r/l is a little tricky at first, but that's about it. Meanwhile, it takes ages to get the subtle differences between j/jj/ch or p/b/bb in Korean down correctly. |
Korean is a bitch to pronounce. Even Japanese and Chinese say so.
http://www.geocities.com/koreachronicles |
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