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[hello kitten]

I don't. I hope it continues to spiral down so all the dead weight goes home, and I can get a sweeter deal with sweeter benefits.

[sarbonn]

I don't see other teachers as dead weight but as other professionals who work in the same country I do. I've always felt that I'd rather make strides based on my own abilities than take advantage of the hardships other go through. In the end, I feel everyone benefits if the won does better. Very few benefit if it tanks, either short term or long term because that new "opportunity" you may think you are achieving will probably come at you at a much lower pay rate based on the new economic reality of where that tanked won might be when it's time for you to cash in on everyone else already having left.

If the main foreigner population leaves, the Korean government isn't stupid. It may be corrupt, nationalistic and sometimes outright hostile towards foreigners, but it isn't stupid. They'll start importing foreigners from other countries to compensate if this ever does happen, and they'll probably hit some of the lesser affluent countries as well, possibly tanking English teaching salaries even further than they might already go.

[hello kitten]

[maddog]

[prideofidaho]

Doesn't everything ebb and flow?

Of course I care about economies in which I work. Am I tired of hearing about it? Yes.

I read about things on my own time, and fifty people telling me that the won jumped two seconds ago is just as ridiculous as fifty people telling me that the weather is getting colder. In case you haven't noticed, us humans are smart and resourceful above being observant.

[hello kitten]

[Rusty Shackleford]

I'm from NZ and the Kiwi $ is tanking even harder than the won so doesn't really bother me. Every second thread being "Your won predictions" is getting old though.

If you could predict what currencies were going to do in the future, you would be a gazzillionaire and not teaching esl in Korea!

[maddog]

[Dharma_Blue]

[marlow]

[seosan08]

I plan on staying at least 2-3 more years--that'll put me at 15 years in Asia. I'm getting certs in Adobe and SQL now, since my MS Ed is in Curriculum Design. Hopefully, I can re-jump start something back home.

I'm also investing heavily in the market starting next summer doing the "value buying" approach. I'll try like hell to turn my savings into several times what it is now.

[Ya-ta Boy]

[Soccerstar]

I care about the won because I actually send some back. I suppose it only matters to those who are either sending some back or leaving soon.

[jkelly80]

[Wisconsinite]

Does anyone remember what the Won was to the USD in 2000, 2001, 2002? I am pretty sure it was up there...maybe 1700? I think it was quite high at the time I was there....just curious.