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KwardBound · Joined: 04 Jul 2010

My site search was not that good. I know every school is different, but what month is most likely to be the vacation moth for the Seoul public schools?

fugitive chicken · Joined: 20 Apr 2010 Location: Bucheon

Depends on when your school has you teaching winter or summer camp, but it would be when school isn't in session, so January, February or August.

KwardBound · Joined: 04 Jul 2010

Thanks FC. This is a 2-week vacation? Also, school starts in March, right? I know that in Japan it starts in April.

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

KwardBound · Joined: 04 Jul 2010

So...even though the students are out, we are obligated to go to these day camps, right?

Also, would it probably be looked upon as really bad if I were to travel back to the U.S. during my 1-2 week break?

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

Xuanzang · Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Sadang

You'll have to contend with not knowing the final camps dates until 2-3 weeks before the camp starts. Hopefully your school is more organized than mine ever was.

ThingsComeAround · Joined: 07 Nov 2008

some head teachers are cool, some are less so...

Last year my HT came to us and right away fixed our vacation dates so we could make our holiday plans, then she made the camp schedule. Ladies like her are few and far between Crying or Very sad

I gave the HT (another person) heads up today when I want to travel home, she told me she has to ask the Principal and 2 VPs first about the time. Then we can talk.

Who knows when that "talk" will be. Evil or Very Mad

jurassic82 · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere!!!!

Like was mentioned before you will get 2 weeks in summer, two weeks sometime in December or January and if you resign another 2 weeks. It also really depends on your school. I have been lucky and was given an extra week in the summer and winter. I guess I am suppossed to be desk warming but my school was very cool about it as I already pick up a lot of extra classes. I say try and have a good relationship with your coteachers especially your head teacher. Buy the principal and vice principal(s) gifts during Chuseok. Believe kissing a little ass will help a lot here. Hope this answers your question. Good Luck!

KwardBound · Joined: 04 Jul 2010

I like to have beneficial vacations. I'd like to take a random vacation on Friday night and return late Sunday, early Monday. Now, it doesn't fit my frugal model to take such a short vacation, but, if it is beneficial, like if I were going to a music festival in Tokyo, and I were to perform, then it would justify making that short weekend trip, because it would benefit me.