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[Rory_Calhoun27]

Hi, spent my first year in Korea with GEPIK, and won't renew at my current school- after surviving a "coteacher from Hell" for about 8 months, the new coteacher I have is very friendly and helpful, but given how tides turn so quickly, I'd rather just start over completely from scratch.

So the ideas of the English Villages sound interesting to me- anyone have any thoughts or experiences they can share? Reminds me of something from an old John Travolta, where he gets recruited for one in Russis, for the KGB.... maybe too much cable movies on my part, but the idea is worth looking into at least. I want my second year here to be a lil' better!

so any opinions appreciated! even rude ones! As my old Spanish teacher said, "Consider the source!" His only time he spoke in English...

[ekul]

I know two teachers who work at English village, seems pretty boring to me. They just stand in different corners throughout the day doing the same role plays over and over.

Something funny though was in the "Pharmacy" section it had a medicine cabinet full of random drugs and some kind of blood pressure machine. Turns out the kids started messing with the machine, broke it open and were playing with the mercury that came out. Flicking it across the ground until it all evaporated and was no doubt inhaled. The teachers suggested they all go and get checked out at the hospital but that fell on deaf ears.

[Rory_Calhoun27]

excellent..... so poisoning is an option there?


I know boring..... from just before Christmas to the start of March... sure, I had a few weeks of winter camps... for half the day or so.

On the plus side, the CTFH was not around much! I do miss her though.... I gave her the name "Tootie" as she had no English name.... and her self-absorbed friend was "Blaire."

I can only hope they have enough time to watch all the episodes of "Grey's Anatomy" they downloaded at school! I would have thought the schools frowned on such a thing, but anything's possible, I suppose...

[cruisemonkey]

I worked at an EV for my first two years in K-land. It was public (employed by the county and taught PS classes), but 'run' privately. It was fine for the first year and I have no real regrets.

I had total autonomy in what I did with the students... but it was small - not a huge 'edutainment' facility (I would never do the 'performing English monkey shtick'). However, I've seen several other EVs in K-land and this is the exception, not the rule. I was lucky.

If you're used to being the only foreigner at a PS, be aware if you move to EV, you will inevitably have to deal with a cadre of 'foreign' co-workers, probably 50% of who will have some form of mental illness.


Consider the move VERY carefully... I would never (barring starvation) go 'back' to working at any EV.

[ChinaBoy]

[cruisemonkey]