Korean Job Discussion Forums

[WadRUG'naDoo]

[jendaejeon]

I can't say much about other places, or the specifics of how much time you should spend lesson planning to be the best teacher ever but I used to work in the jungchul chain to and the reading section is pretty difficult to prepare for or make interesting in any way, and in my branch at least they were watching like hawks and banned any kind of activities/fun taking place in class. That said it was in my contract to spend an hour and a half lesson planning a day, prior to the start of classes, but most of that was spent in a ridiculous daily meeting conducted entirely in korean... Happy memories all round~~

[WadRUG'naDoo]

Well there ya go.

OP, if it's not in your contract to be there an hour before class, don't bother.

[DosEquisXX]

I call bullshit on 15 years experience.

Because that begs the question: Why the hell are you working in a low-level rookie job making 2.1M/month when you could be in a real teaching program making much more than that?

You're either too lazy or selling yourself very short. Either way, that doesn't make you look good.

[NYC_Gal]

[le-paul]

[le-paul]

oh and you know what,

this may be hard to beileve - but this is not my career and I dont really care about it that much on the whole in terms of furthering my career.
Its a stop over job for a couple of years while I save some cash for another enterprise. And i do it becasue teaching is easy and I dont have to stress too much.
I like the kids mostly, I hardly ever have to discipline them, class sizes in hogwans are small enough to manage easily and give attention to those who need it most.
Hogwaning is an easy job. Ive had some very difficult jobs and this is not one of them. Sometimes I cant believe I get paid to do this its so stressfree and enjoyable.
Its nice to have some time out from the rat race and teach in korea.

and I know people here with a lot more experience than me (and older) who were 'teachers'/white collar etc. back home who feel the same.

[thegadfly]

[shifty]

[le-paul]

thanks gadfly, but like i said. I came over here straight from finishing college (my second bsc) which cleaned me out to do it. In the 4 years I was studying, I didnt have time to work and relied on government/bank loans to help. I came here back to hogwan land for a couple of years to clear my debts and save up to go to the next level - which requires more capital. I could teach part time at home - but it payed just enough to cover my bills becasue i usually only had around 6 hours free time a week becasue I was expected to be full time on placement (working an 8 hour shift everyday) and then completing the degree on top of that.

I hope that justifies my life decisions and proves Im not a waster...

[PatrickGHBusan]

Ok paul...lets have it: do you have 15 years of experience as a Teacher or is that experience in another field?

[some waygug-in]

15 years teaching something else somewhere else does not mean much in the EFL world.

I've met plenty of "real teachers" who had no clue about how to teach kids in Korea.

I'm not trying to slam anyone, just saying it's a different kettle of fish in Korea and you'll find that half (or even more than half) of the battle you face
will be trying to keep the management off your back and let you do your job.

If that means coming in an hour early, so be it. I didn't need the full hour to prep all the time either when I had a job like that. It was nice to sit and have a coffee sometimes after prep was done or to work on some other project during that time.

You worry about an hour a day...try working in PS and have to sit there for 8 hours (classes or not) and then look at how little your complaints seem from that perspective.

[NYC_Gal]

[shifty]

[DosEquisXX]