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happiness
Joined: 04 Sep 2010
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| I would venture to say that most old timers have little to nothing to go home to and thus must stay in Korea. Any and all job prospects would be worse than what they have now. Knowing this, they make things as comfortable as they can in Korea with decent to above average success. |
im not sure about this, it would depend on your circumstances. some people have really great situations here and then it would be not so great to leave, unless you had a specific goal back home. its not that simple as loser and winner. I have bought a car and a expensive watch and own land (partially) but I still do ESL. |
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T-dot
Joined: 16 May 2004
Location: bundang
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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| bobbybigfoot wrote: |
| I would venture to say that most old timers have little to nothing to go home to and thus must stay in Korea. Any and all job prospects would be worse than what they have now. Knowing this, they make things as comfortable as they can in Korea with decent to above average success. |
ahh, back to the old "if you are working in korea, you must have been a transient back home" conjecture. |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| I would venture to say that most old timers have little to nothing to go home to and thus must stay in Korea. Any and all job prospects would be worse than what they have now. Knowing this, they make things as comfortable as they can in Korea with decent to above average success. |
I think he makes a fair point. If your field is TEFL, job prospects are likely to be much better here than 'back home'. I plan to go back to the UK at some stage, maybe just for a year or two and am pretty sure I'll be taking a pay cut. |
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T-dot
Joined: 16 May 2004
Location: bundang
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| I would venture to say that most old timers have little to nothing to go home to and thus must stay in Korea. Any and all job prospects would be worse than what they have now. Knowing this, they make things as comfortable as they can in Korea with decent to above average success. |
I think he makes a fair point. If your field is TEFL, job prospects are likely to be much better here than 'back home'. I plan to go back to the UK at some stage, maybe just for a year or two and am pretty sure I'll be taking a pay cut. |
but that is not what he implied. |
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Summer Wine
Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Location: Next to a River
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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For me, its the fact that I am a reincarnated soldier from 1946 and the plane I was on crashed after takeoff and my best friend from 1929 died in a sinking of a passenger ship.
I want to leave, I really do but I cant walk out on my own two feet. I am truly traumatised by the fear of leaving Korea.
Only if I recieve 50 million US dollars for psychological treatment can I leave Korea. Preferably from the US Government as the sight of an American military personal walking the streets of Itaewon traumatised me for life as I was mentally transported back to 1946 and that person wasn't wearing the right badges and he had dirt on his shoes.
Oh, the horrer.
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Hotpants
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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Me (Actually it's 5.5 months of paid vacation). I have a very cushy uni job but it doesn't matter as my esl career is drawing to a close. I shall leave next year. Each to their own but I need a (new) challenge....... |
How can you be wanting to give up a 'career' that only keeps you occupied for some 6 months of the year and probably only counts as part-time hours??? With that length of vacation, I could think of 101+ productive 'challenges' I would finally have the time to get around to doing, as well as the prospect of being able to visit home every year. That would be a paradise of a job that I wouldn't get in any other country unless I won the lottery.
Hand over your post to me!  |
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offtheoche
Joined: 21 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:19 am Post subject: |
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| Hotpants wrote: |
How can you be wanting to give up a 'career' that only keeps you occupied for some 6 months of the year and probably only counts as part-time hours??? With that length of vacation, I could think of 101+ productive 'challenges' I would finally have the time to get around to doing, as well as the prospect of being able to visit home every year. That would be a paradise of a job that I wouldn't get in any other country unless I won the lottery.
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The vacation is great for sure but I'm looking to the future.......and my long term future doesn't include (a) living in Korea and (b) teaching esl.
How long have you been teaching? For me it's seven years now (5 at a uni), and I am almost at the utterly bored stage. They could give me eight months paid vacation and I'd still leave next year. |
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Hotpants
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:37 am Post subject: |
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| ... it's seven years now (5 at a uni), and I am almost at the utterly bored stage. They could give me eight months paid vacation and I'd still leave next year. |
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! This is criminal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Admittedly, I also do have a VERY low boredom/repetition tolerance, but give me eight months vacation, man!!!! I'm currently stuck with 2 wks vacation, and there's really little life outside of work or more critically, self development with that. It's the thought of a 5-month vacation job down the line that keeps me in hope here!
However, I am the same time also wearing thin of the visa regs ...[/url] |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:04 am Post subject: |
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| how does it progress to anything then? or are they just so awed by your animal looks or personality that they want you to take them home immediately? |
It's a flawed assumption that Korean clubs are devoid of English speakers. |
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olsanairbase
Joined: 30 Aug 2010
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| Teaching in Korea is a good opportunity to see another part of the world that usually only the wealthiest individuals can afford to do. However, at some point you have to consider what is the benefit of continuing to replace one non-renewable non-tenured contract with the next. |
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