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youtuber
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| You should focus on teaching (or doing) what interests you rather than chasing what is "in demand" at the moment. |
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swashbuckler
Joined: 20 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 9:46 pm Post subject: Re: Ah. |
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| Chaucer wrote: |
| Ah. At my uni there are still holdovers with just BAs; they are all trying to get MAs. |
Hence what the OP is saying. The MA has already pretty much become an entry-level requirement for a mediocre uni job in Korea paying 2.5 to 3.0 a month. This is due to an ever-increasing competition, a proliferation of online MA's, as well as other things. I don't see this changing anytime soon either, what with the continued cutbacks and a declining enrollment due to the shrinking birthrate. |
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swashbuckler
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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Go back and get an MA! Or do one with U Birmingham--tough, but if you're motivated (kids seem a good motivator) you can do it all from Korea. Then your uni job is secure-- |
Nope. Korean uni's fire (or 'don't renew') non-tenured foreign instructors on one-year contracts all the time for unexpected reasons. Esp. when new policies are passed, administration changes hands, etc. |
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Chaucer
Joined: 20 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 6:24 pm Post subject: Well, I am schooled. |
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| Hotspur: Well, I am schooled. |
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