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[linton]

Did you talk with the people at your school or at the head office?

And good luck to you.

[jkelly80]

[Korussian]

Linton, thanks for your comment. I talked exclusively with the admins/wrangler at my school. They are all very nice, and, with the exception of my wrangler, quite forthcoming. I don't want to be rude to them by going above their heads before anything's been decided. For now, I'll just accept that they can't or won't speak concretely for a while.

If they come to me one day and say, "oh by the way, you have to move out this weekend", then I'll take it up with the provincial board as a next step.

Since we all know that a situation like that is hardly ridiculous in Korea, that may happen sooner rather than later.

TJames426, I get where you're coming from, but my girlfriend and I prefer to be treated as separate entities, since we teach at different schools and receive separate salaries from separate budgets. Unless the school board feels like giving us a 2 bedroom apartment and calling us married, that means our contracts are those of individual teachers.

I recognize that our preferences with regard to how we should be viewed bureaucratically aren't taken into account by the Koreans who hold power over us. However, as JKelly points out, even in Korea a contract cannot be allowed to become too fluid. Foreign teachers like us need to insist that schools stick to their promises, or else the next generation of foreigners will get even less consideration.

[summer33ny]

This is seriously upsetting... We may be a little late in posting, but my boyfriend and I are in the beginning stages of going through an Epik recruiter for Jeonnam. The recruiter informed us of some prejudices toward couples (and gave us one horror story) and suggested that we may want to say that we are married on our epik application. I said "Well what happens if they find out that that is not the case?.." And he said that something along the lines of ...well that would be your decision sort of thing...and whatever happens is your own problem.

So I was wondering. What should we say? Should we just say we are couple and we're engaged--and just hope for the best or should I say that we are married and play that off and hopefully they will not delve any further and ask for marriage licenses or anything? Any ideas?

[ttompatz]

[Korussian]

[marlow]

[Matilda]

EPIG in Gimhae doesn't give a hoot about your marital status and provides couple accomodation easily.

Infact, they just asked a female teacher (finishing her hagwon here in town) if she wanted to be moved to a couple apartment when she joins her boyfriend who is currently working in the City Hall program.