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Joined: 13 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul, South Korea.
PostPosted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:48 am    Post subject: Kyungpook National University Daegu Reply with quote
Anyone out there working here or used to? Can you give me the scoop on the position as foreign "professor" on the credit based courses?
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The_Source



Joined: 09 Oct 2008
PostPosted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
RUN the other way!

I didn't work there, but I interviewed with them. Their head teacher is one of the most belligerent FTs I've ever met. If the FTs are that bad, imagine what the KTs must be like.

I've seen their ad on Dave's quite frequently. They obviously have trouble finding / retaining foreign teachers.
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crescent



Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: yes.
PostPosted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Agreed.
I had an M.A. friend who worked there. She quit after 2 months. We worked at Daegu U togther for a year, before they built the new dorms and offices... and that was a craphole. So, goes to show you what Kyungbook is like.
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skdragon



Joined: 28 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
crescent wrote:
Agreed.
I had an M.A. friend who worked there. She quit after 2 months. We worked at Daegu U togther for a year, before they built the new dorms and offices... and that was a craphole. So, goes to show you what Kyungbook is like.

... ... been here since 1995, it wasn't always the way the above describe ... I wouldn't be seeking a position there.
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skdragon



Joined: 28 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
crescent wrote:
Agreed.
I had an M.A. friend who worked there. She quit after 2 months. We worked at Daegu U togther for a year, before they built the new dorms and offices... and that was a craphole. So, goes to show you what Kyungbook is like.

... ... been here since 1995, it wasn't always the way the above describe ... I wouldn't be seeking a position there.
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Sadebugo1



Joined: 11 May 2003
PostPosted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I concur with the posts above. Although I never worked there, I knew people who did. The claimed to be overworked especially for a university position. But, all you have to do is look at their ads to see what conditions are like.

Sadebugo
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makemischief



Joined: 04 Nov 2005
Location: Traveling
PostPosted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The students are great. I'll repeat: the students. Overzealous libel laws discourage me from relaying my other thoughts on KNU- but that in itself should say something.
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Joined: 13 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul, South Korea.
PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
keep em coming people, i might have an interview...
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Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 3:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
bump
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martinpil



Joined: 03 Dec 2008
PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I wouldnt interview someone with a "I belong to Jesus" T shirt on
and I must admit you dont really LOOK like a university lecturer.....LOL more like a Sesame street teech who plays rugby. Smile
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 7:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Unfortunately what I've heard is much along the lines of the above. It's a shame because they have several of the most interesting foreign professors in Korea (Garrigues and Finch) and a lot of great students, including some of my former HS students.
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tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah.. YBS... I was gonna say..one of my absolute favourite people, Dr. Garrigues, teaches there and he seems to enjoy it?
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