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cashmoney805
Joined: 24 Jan 2011
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 Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:11 am Post subject: Time to start looking/qualifications |
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Hey everyone, I've recently been thinking about teaching in Korea and would like to start some time in the late summer/early fall. I've read that the school year in Korea starts in March, so is starting late summer/early fall out of the question? I could probably start around May at the earliest because I still need to do a ton of research.
Also, one quick question about qualifications. Does it matter where you went to college in the US, or do schools not really care?
Thanks for the help! |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: the eye
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:41 am Post subject: |
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| I'm sure your intentions as a serious teacher are entirely noble and you are not in it just for personal financial gain, cashmoney805. |
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cashmoney805
Joined: 24 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:44 am Post subject: |
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| Junior wrote: |
| I'm sure your intentions as a serious teacher are entirely noble and you are not in it just for personal financial gain, cashmoney805. |
actually, this is a handle I've been using for a solid 12 years now and oddly enough doesn't have anything to do with money.
Now, do you have something meaningful to contribute or are you just going to be a jerk? |
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jlee83
Joined: 20 Sep 2010
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:51 am Post subject: |
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It won't matter.
Unless you come from a top-tier university (think well known Ivy League), no one's going to care. |
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cashmoney805
Joined: 24 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:53 am Post subject: |
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| jlee83 wrote: |
It won't matter.
Unless you come from a top-tier university (think well known Ivy League), no one's going to care. |
Well, I do, which is why I ask. I just don't like throwing it out there because pretension sucks. |
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cyui
Joined: 10 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:15 am Post subject: |
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What school do you go to? BTW;I don't think it is correct to use pretension as a noun.
I think that you would need to use a verb of 'being", "doing or "having"
status ( maybe prestressing or pretenious in ones' own context)?
Why don't you ask your Alumni Board? That is what they are there for. (Just don't use the phrase "cash money" in front of them.. :wink:) |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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Word of warning, while your school might be top notch in the States, Koreans likely won't know it unless it's Ivy League, Stanford, MIT, or maybe Duke and Berkeley.
Cyui, you're very, very wrong: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pretension. |
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nathanrutledge
Joined: 01 May 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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| cashmoney805 wrote: |
| jlee83 wrote: |
It won't matter.
Unless you come from a top-tier university (think well known Ivy League), no one's going to care. |
Well, I do, which is why I ask. I just don't like throwing it out there because pretension sucks. |
Too late. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:17 pm Post subject: Re: Time to start looking/qualifications |
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| cashmoney805 wrote: |
Hey everyone, I've recently been thinking about teaching in Korea and would like to start some time in the late summer/early fall. I've read that the school year in Korea starts in March, so is starting late summer/early fall out of the question? I could probably start around May at the earliest because I still need to do a ton of research.
Also, one quick question about qualifications. Does it matter where you went to college in the US, or do schools not really care?
Thanks for the help! |
Fall is not a bad time to start. There is a major recruitment for public schools Apr-Jun with orientation and jobs starting in mid August.
Irregardless of how "prestigious" your school was, when you get off the plane you are just another "green as grass" newbie at the entry level of ESL.
Most schools don't care where you come from; they are only interested in your white face, American accent and the fact that you qualify for an E2 visa.
It is immigration who cares that you have a degree and they could care less if you graduated summa-cum-laude (hyphens to get around the swear filter) from Harvard or barely scraped a 2.0 GPA at Podunk-U.
Want to get a leg up (at least a bump in pay) get a 100 hour TESOL/TEFL cert before you apply.
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cyui
Joined: 10 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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How was he using the word? It is the root of a pretentiousness "being" ( adverb)..ie showing a level vanity,
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pretension
Scroll over the verb usage..and just what is he staking a claim or right or merit over? How can merit be a thing, as it is described in this context.
Now, he could have used it as an adjective and said he needs to appear pretensionless for the sake of hiding his status and thus decreasing this appearance of great vanity.
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daskalos
Joined: 19 May 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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| cyui wrote: |
How was he using the word? It is the root of a pretentiousness "being" ( adverb)..ie showing a level vanity,
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pretension
Scroll over the verb usage..and just what is he staking a claim or right or merit over? How can merit be a thing, as it is described in this context.
Now, he could have used it as an adjective and said he needs to appear pretensionless for the sake of hiding his status and thus decreasing this appearance of great vanity. |
Yes, I'm sure you're right. He could have found some more clear way of expressing his pretensionlessness.  |
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cyui
Joined: 10 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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He went to an Ivy League School...I was just '"sayin"..
You know?!
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sirius black
Joined: 04 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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| cashmoney805 wrote: |
| Junior wrote: |
| I'm sure your intentions as a serious teacher are entirely noble and you are not in it just for personal financial gain, cashmoney805. |
actually, this is a handle I've been using for a solid 12 years now and oddly enough doesn't have anything to do with money.
Now, do you have something meaningful to contribute or are you just going to be a jerk? |
cashmoney805, unfortunately you're going to get 'that type' on here and pretty much any forum of size on any topic on the net. Even if you're in it for the money, so what? Its not like the majority of people who go to Harvard Business School are getting a MBA to save the world but somehow its okay to do that for the money but not come to Korea for the money? Some folks believe part of their job is to save Korea from foreigners with intentions they do not approve of. Whatever reason(s) you're coming to Korea its your own business and not anyone else's. You don't have to explain yourself to me or any other person.
If you're going for a public school job which are typically seen as the better jobs (some may debate that but generally speaking it is regarded as such), they do most of their recruiting for the spring term but they also do a lot for the fall term as well which you will be going for.
Hogwons (private academies) recruit all year round.
Do your research though. Use the search function here to look for answers to some questions you may have, as well as other forums and social media (Facebook groups, etc.). Just be warned though that no matter how much you think you've prepared you'll get a few surprises when you arrive.
Get your documents ready ahead of time (apostilled diploma, FBI check, etc.). Get as much info about the school you are interested in. Ask to speak to a teacher or former teacher. Use the search function to see if any one has mentioned the school on google it, etc.
Recruiters can be used but bear in mind that they get a commission from the school and they have and will lie to you to get you to sign with a school.
Know what you want. Big v. small city, age you want to teach, etc. so you can find the right job and place. Its a year contract so the right job is important. No matter how good your social life is, it sucks to be in a bad working situation for a year.
Good luck. |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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| cashmoney805 wrote: |
| Does it matter where you went to college in the US, or do schools not really care? |
Hogwons generally prefer Yale over Harvard, but you might still be able to get into a public school. |
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nathanrutledge
Joined: 01 May 2008
Location: Marakesh
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Junior wrote: |
| cashmoney805 wrote: |
| Does it matter where you went to college in the US, or do schools not really care? |
Hogwons generally prefer Yale over Harvard, but you might still be able to get into a public school. |
| cashmoney805 wrote: |
| Now, do you have something meaningful to contribute or are you just going to be a jerk? |
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