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[taobenli]

So, word on the street in Chollabukdo is that EPIK is switching public school NETs around mid-contract to new schools. This is great for those who hate their schools, I guess, but not so nice for those that like their schools. Also, it undermines any relationship building that's going on, and (surprise!) was not in the contract.

Is this normal for EPIK? Any way around it? (I did the JET program in Japan where there was a similar emphasis on English "ambassador"/monkey vs. any real teaching development, but we at least kept the same schools all year).

[tjmauermann]

Haven't heard anything about it but I hope that it is not the case.

[Ramen]

What does your contract say?

[taobenli]

Contract makes no mention of it. But again, the contract is with EPIK, not with an individual school.

Also, this is not my contract, but my husband's.

tjmauermann, are you in Chollabukdo? (Your location says Bundang, so...) My husband went in to work and asked about it, and learned that this is definitely the case. Would have been nice to been told this right off the bat, but expecting any kind of useful information from EPIK is futile (as is expecting any sound educational practices- how much sense does it make for learning to have a teacher for only a semester?).

[sulperman]

Logistically how is this gonna work? Do you have to change apartments too? Or are people going to have to commute super-far to their new schools in many cases?

Total opposite of SMOE which is starting not to let anybody change schools.

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