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[ippy]

Its very important you understand this one thing:

KOREA DOES NOT GIVE YOU A DAY OFF ON A MONDAY IF A NATIONAL HOLIDAY FALLS ON A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY.

This year, i believe, if you work monday to friday, you are getting 8 days off this year (just looked at the calender).

If anyone tells you different in an attempt to make up for the low vacation time ("ah dont worry, theres 15 national holidays so its not so bad"), theyre yanking your chain.

Just a friendly heads up

[Rusty Shackleford]

2008 was about the same.

It seemed like there were more 4 day weeks than 5 dayers in 2007, though. It all evens out.

[aishiii]

[frankly speaking]

I still think that you get more national holidays than you do in the US (7 total if I remember right). Some years it is better than others, but really who cares. There are a lot of people here that work 6 days a week.

I don't really like going to work either, but to complain about 7 less holidays a year because they fall on the weekend, is a little childish.

Be thankful that you get a job and a free apartment. If Korea sucked so bad, then why are there more teachers every year? In all of my years in Korea, there seems to be a lot more long timers than was in the past. In the late 90's it was rare to meet someone that worked in Korea for more than 2 years. Most people did one tour and went home. Now people are staying for multiple contracts.

Korea isn't the best place to live or work, but it isn't that bad. Just another person finding another reason to complain about. Just go home if it is so bad.

[ippy]

now before you get your little hackles up, have a think... a sincere and genuine think, and ask yourself "is my response of any relevance to what the OP actually wrote? Should i have probably just kept my pointless interjection to myself?"

I ask because this was a point fo pure information that had nothing to do with whether teaching in korea is a good job or not. Its to point out that people will and DO bring up the national vacations (as you have done by the way, i assume youre a recruiter), as a selling point only for people to find out that they do not carry over and they are not getting the amount they thought theyd be getting. Whether or not its a good deal is up to the person coming to decide for their self. Tell you what though, why not set up your own thread to discuss the point you clearly want to make, and stay the hell out of this one.
I swear to god that its knee jerk apologists like you that give normal apologists offering sound and thoughtful advice a bad name.

[Rusty Shackleford]

[proustme]

2010, I hear, is also a pretty bad year for holidays. Most fall on non-working days (Sat, Sun).

[nautilus]

[ippy]

[aishiii]

[proustme]

Korean Holidays in 2010

January 1 Solar New Year (Friday)
February 13 Lunar New Year (Saturday)
February 14 Lunar New Year (Sunday)
February 15 Lunar New Year (Monday)
March 1 Independence Movement Day (Monday)
May 5 Children's Day (Wednesday)
May 21 Buddha's Birthday (Friday)
June 6 Memorial Day (Sunday)
July 17 Constitution Day (Saturday)
August 15 Liberation Day (Sunday)
September 21 Chuseok (Tuesday)
September 22 Chuseok (Wednesday)
September 23 Chuseok (Thursday)
October 3 National Foundation Day (Monday)
December 25 Christmas Day (Saturday)

There are 15 holidays a year.

2011: 3 of 15 holidays will on Sat/Sun!
2010: 6 of 15 holiday fall on Sat/Sun.
2009: 8 of 15 holidays fell on Sat/Sun.
2008: 3 of 15 holidays fell on Sat/Sun.
2007: 3 of 15 days fell on Sat/Sun.
2006: 2 of 15 days fell on Sat/Sun.

[sulperman]

I remember reading about some bill or something a couple of months ago about Korea adapting a three-day-weekend-ifying holiday thing.

Anybody know if anything happened with that?

2006-7 were the glory days, weren't they? If I remember correctly, I got a whole week off for one chuseok, and one seollal in there. If only I had appreciated it more at the time. I thought it was always going to end up like that!

[ippy]

[frankly speaking]

Ippy, I have been on this board for a while. I doubt that anyone would call me an apologist.

Your thread is a little ridiculous because teachers actually work less days this year than they did in 2009. So yes, it is worth it.

I find it ironic how whiny sucka** wimps who complain all the time call anyone who doesn't an apologist. I just don't agree that complaining about how the holidays land on a calendar is a reason to wonder if working is worth it.

9 National holidays is still better than what most people get in the US. I don't think that it is that bad.

Can you really blame a school or a country because their national holidays fall on a weekend.

I never got monday off when Christmas was on a weekend when I worked in the US.

Do you really think that having the Monday off is really necessary? I am grateful for long holidays like Chuesok and Solal, when I get them.

I don't see how my comments make you assume that I am recruiter. And I don't see how my comments are any less valid that someone else's. I also don't think that you own the right to a thread, commanding someone not to post.

Or do you think that you are in a dictatorship where everyone needs to believe in what you do.

You newbs are real high and mighty.

FYI{ calendar isn't spelled with an e. calender)

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