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[desultude]

I was really lucky with my first job here, so now I'm into my second year, and will probably re-sign for a third.

The downside is that I would love to be in Seoul or Busan. Its okay here, but I'm not in love with Daegu. The bullet train should help- I'll be popping up to Seoul for the ladies lunch on Saturday. My social life here sucks, because I don't go partying on weekends, and my colleagues are younger than me, or married. I'd be more likely to meet people more like me in a bigger city.

As for longterm people being terminated, I don't doubt that it happens, but that is not what happened here. In a couple of programs, we lost maybe eight people this year. Only one had been here a long time, and letting that person go seemed justified to everyone. I only had a small doubt about one of the others, but it was in a program that was cutting back, so the terminations were necessary.

No, I don't always feel treated completely 100% fairly, but, honestly, I have never felt that anyplace I was an employee, there are always some "issues." But, in general, I feel respected and well-treated. I have a tremendous amount of autonomy with my work, and that is crucial for me.

I wish that I could move around a bit, like others have, but this is too good for now, and I'm just going to have to make good use of the train!

[Gollum]

[Arthur Fonzerelli]

[Mr. Pink]

[jajdude]

I think anyone can do this job for a while. A while may be only a few months or less than a year though. Don't a lot of people not complete a full year in Korea? My co-worker, a fellow 30-something white Can-american dude, was joking with me about how he figures the boss would rather have some younger, cuter and female teachers. I said perhaps but I sure wouldn't bank on them hanging out too long in the boonies like we are.

[The Man known as The Man]