Korean Job Discussion Forums

[JustinC]

I consider us all freelance as we're not tied to an employer long-term.

I've been in some places where other NETs are just trying to hold onto their jobs/sanity, that's usually the environment where no one gets any help or cooperation. There are some really bad owners/managers out there! Seriously, some are only in the job through nepotism or luck.

OP as I read it you're already back home; you can leave this event off your CV and apply in other countries. Applying in Korea again will throw up flags, especially before your working visa ends.

But the grape seed oil is right next to the olive oil.

[tremault]

Skippy, I appreciate your questions.
I can home right away.
I did mention earlier that there were other reasons. maybe I give the wrong reasons. what some people think is a lousy reason, others think is a perfectly fine reason. everyone has their own standard. me, I'm a Welsh boy and have certain expectations. We cant help what our expectations are, it's how we are raised.
I should also mention that I was fairly up front about my dyslexia and yet they expected me to learn the songs and stories on-the-fly whilst also having to read them upside-down. Perhaps this put me under a much larger amount of stress than other people. Also, I found the Jet lag difficult to shake since I didn't know if the water was safe to drink and I was not financially well off to buy a lot of bottled water. I don't know what kid of things I can tell people so they don't think my reasons are lousy, but there are lots and lots of reasons that all add up. I just wish people didn't judge me by their own expectations. If I could have stayed I would.
As it happens, I had worked for two days. the first day I was told vaguely what to do, the second day, I hardly saw anyone. I constantly had a doubt in the back of my mind whether I was doing it right and knew that if I didn't perform well enough they could fire me and I would be homeless with no money.

now, I am back in North Wales and I am focused on getting back into work here. I want to get a good job so I can pay back the debts I have incurred. I owe my best friend for paying my return flight and I owe the school.
I feel like I need to repeat, I intended to pay back the school. the topic here was the threat from the recruiter.

[tremault]

[Skippy]

Since you are back home (missed that piece of info) ignore the recruiter and school. They can not do anything to you since you are back home. If you want to pay them back then do so. Take how ever long you need and if the school complains tell them wait or to not get it at all. If it was me, I would not pay. Pay your friend back first

Korea might be no be doable for a while. You should check on that with immigration if you do look for a job.

[busanliving]

You left after 2 days????

Seriously???

Basically you have cost your employer about a million in airfare, possible a heck of a lot more in lost income for the school and probably left all the other teachers in a complete mess.

You couldn't afford bottled water but you could afford a flight home? You came expecting to be looked after like a small child and when that didn't happen you acted like a small child.

[tremault]

[PatrickGHBusan]

[ajuma]

The reason your employer ignored your question about a library/information center is because Koreans aren't programmed to say "I don't know." It's a cultural thing. To save face, "ignoring" the question is the best resort.

[busanliving]

If you know you can't handle stress you shouldn't have come over here on someone else's money.

The teacher was probably confused why you wanted a library and its possible she had no idea about an information center.

You should pay back the money and offer a huge apology for effectively stealing from them.

[Dodge7]

You can't blame the OP for not knowing how to teach and specifically teach the "Grapeseed" system which even I was even unfamiliar with. This is taken from their website:


WHAT IS INVOLVED IN THE TEACHER TRAINING?

Since GrapeSEED is a comprehensive learning system, it�s important to train teachers to make sure they are delivering the curriculum most effectively. A certified GrapeSEED instruction team will lead teachers through a five-day training course. The interactive, hands-on training covers the objectives of the various levels of the curriculum and shows teachers how they can customize

It seems you would need some training which the OP said was not offered.

[tremault]

[tremault]

[PatrickGHBusan]

[Skippy]

Good Lord and to think many of these new people are university graduates.

What did you spend 4 years leaning? I thought university was to teach a person to think albeit in a certain area, but to think!... yes?

D Wilson is being rude, but he is spot on, well sort of on. Do not pay back the plane ticket. Well because if you could not handle Korea and a job for two days you sure as heck will likely not be back in the future. As long as you are not in Korea, the school or recruiter can not make a claim.

[tremault]

edit: didn't see your post skippy, this reply is to last page

uhm... actually, I'm 32, have an IQ of 136, I have started my own business and run a fairly successful website.
It's just as I stated earlier. some situations, we deal well with, some situations we don't deal well with. we're all different in how we deal with specific scenarios.

PatrickGHBusan,
indeed the contract did contain the words "orientation days" which clearly implied more than one day of orientation.
I'll just quote