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elric
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
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 Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Now apparently the Hagwon has thrown in incentives reaching over 2 million won by teaching after school programs. Should I be scared? |
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Dan The Chainsawman
Joined: 05 May 2005
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| Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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It really does not matter where you go. Look the board over plenty of public school teachers have issues all the time. If you want to be certain hop a plane, get over here, and scope the place out yourself. If your American you can get a 30 day tourist visa, Canadian a Whooping 6 months.
As far as offerig you extra work, is that an offer, or something your obligated to do? Might be alot of extran nonsense hours that you don't want to bother with. |
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ubum
Joined: 23 Aug 2005
Location: Gwangju
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| Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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| How do you manage in Naju? I have been there several times. I couldn't imagine spending more than one night there! Credit to you for sticking wit it though. |
Large amounts of alcohol. Well, I��m partly kidding. I work at LG, so it��s not that bad. I hang out with the guys here and a lot of them are really cool. I also go to Gwangju at least twice a week for food or to see my girl. So I manage. |
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ubum
Joined: 23 Aug 2005
Location: Gwangju
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| Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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Ya-ta Boy
You and I have very very different perceptions of what qualifies as 'the sticks'. My whole myeon (township?) has 7,000 people. |
Wow, you probable don��t even have a Lotteria or some decent bars, do you? Yea, that may be a little small for me. |
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fidel
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
Location: North Shore NZ
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| Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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Ignore all those fools that suggest it's better to work in a hogwan
I get the impression that some posters get jealous if a noob walks into a public school position without getting his/her feet wet in the Hogwan system.
You're a qualified teacher so should know something about teaching large classes.
Teaching public school is FAR, FAR, FAR better than a hogwan position and isn't any more difficult. In fact it can be a lot easier. You can threaten the kids with a good thrashing if they don't behave, fail them, send them to a dean and the list goes on and on.
You'd be crazy not to take the public school job! |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:32 am Post subject: |
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Ignore all those fools that suggest it's better to work in a hogwan
I get the impression that some posters get jealous if a noob walks into a public school position without getting his/her feet wet in the Hogwan system.
You're a qualified teacher so should know something about teaching large classes.
Teaching public school is FAR, FAR, FAR better than a hogwan position and isn't any more difficult. In fact it can be a lot easier. You can threaten the kids with a good thrashing if they don't behave, fail them, send them to a dean and the list goes on and on.
You'd be crazy not to take the public school job! |
I didn't say it was better to teach in a hagwon just to be careful what your getting yourself into. For some people it might not be right. My predecessor and wife were a trained teachers and didn't finish their contracts at neighboring schools. They just weren't suited for that particular enviorment.
A good hogwon position (granted there aren't many) is probably better than a mediocre public school gig (of which there are more and more floating around these days) for someone who is just arrived in Korea. |
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Kimchieluver
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| I just thought of something. Not only are my students much better behaved, I get paid on time!..... Go with the public schools dude. |
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