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Grotto · Joined: 21 Mar 2004

1. You get discouraged after spending a year teaching students and they still cant answer the question 'how are you?'

2. Having any and all or your ideas for bettering the English program ignored in favor of the Ani-Talk series.

3. Being treated like a monkey in a petting zoo.

4. having a boss who thinks its acceptable to lie, cheat and steal from you as you should be thankful for them providing you with such an excellent well paying job

5. Getting tired of putting up with the ideosyncrasies of your host country.

6. Homesickness.

7. Its time to get on with your life.

8. Debts paid off.

9. You miss real food(from home)

10. You decide to get into something saner, like school bus driver or biological weapon test subject.

Captain Corea · Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Location: Seoul

11. you make enough to retire with.

livinginkorea · Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Location: Korea, South of the border

12. Ddongchim Laughing

manlyboy · Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:10 pm Post subject:

13. liver failure

inkoreaforgood · Joined: 15 Dec 2003 Location: Inchon

14. Forgot how to speak English properly.

NearlyKorean · Joined: 15 Mar 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ

15. You married a Korean and find a real job.

adventureman · Joined: 18 Feb 2003

16. You get sick of the constant xenophobia, homogenous belief system, language barrier, and 'outsider' 'temporary' 'novelty' or 'visitor' stautus (Korea and Asia in general are some of the the worst countires in the world in this reagard, IMO)

17. You realize that there are some things to you that are actually more important in a carreer than maxing out on low hours and paid holidays

18. You realize that there are actually more productive things you could do with your life than teach English to naughty brats with apathetic corrupt bosses (private langauge school system), 900 students a week (public school system), or bored lazy young adults, many of whom have zero interest in English and do appreciate what you have to offer (university system)

19. Becasue there are a many many more disciplines that are far more interesting in the acdemic system than 'conversational English'

20. Because you're not a Canadian

bignate · Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Location: Hell's Ditch

21. The Won-Jong tells you, you can't bring your digital camera into class anymore....... Confused

Wrench · Joined: 07 Apr 2005

22. You get fed up with lazy ass K Teachers, that still talk down at you like your in kindergarten.

bits · Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Location: Daegu, South Korea

23. You then..uh.. you a... he-he... AHHH.. ho-ho ha-ha - ahsssii! i gotta get outa here.

inkoreaforgood · Joined: 15 Dec 2003 Location: Inchon

Joseph Fitzgerald · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

25. You don't get Monday off when a holiday is the Sunday before.

billybrobby · Joined: 09 Dec 2004

26. You start thinking you really do look just like Brad Pitt now and you head back to your home country for a lifetime of severe, severe disappointment

27. World taken over by China. Use savings from English teaching to enroll in a Chinese language academy. Have trouble pronouncing the Chinese word for 'irony.'

eleruen · Joined: 18 Dec 2004 Location: Bundang, South Korea

28. As a woman, even if you have aspirations for staying in Korea, your career will be fantastic, but you will end up lonely.

yesterday's child · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:50 am Post subject:

29. saved up enough coin to buy a new house, car and put the kid through college back home. Cool