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socrteez
Joined: 26 Feb 2006
Location: Detroit Mi
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 Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:19 pm Post subject: Green as it gets |
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| First, thank you so much for your insite & experiences...I'm a discontened const worker form the states, with only a high school diploma....I'm intrigued with Korea but am feeling overwhelmed with all the different schools that teach esl there...might you please offer some advice/suggestions. Thanks in advance! Norm |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry but with only a HS diploma you can't get an E2 visa to teach here legally. You could come over and work illegally but you would risk a fine and deportation. A fake degree could land you in prison. Maybe you could talk to FiveBuzzards about coming here to work as a missionary.
If you're all right with much lower wages (but a very low cost of living) you could try Thailand. |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Dont come to Korea. As was mentioned you would be working illegally, would face the possibility of massive fines (thousands of dollars), imprisonment and deportation. Seriously. |
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socrteez
Joined: 26 Feb 2006
Location: Detroit Mi
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks! I get the message...i think i'll consider thailand.....probably not appropriate for this forum, but if anyone can suggest a school there, i would greatly appreciate it. Thanks again! |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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Big Mac
Joined: 17 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| You might want to look at China too. The pay is low, but so is cost of living. As far as I know you don't need a degree and there are tons of jobs. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:52 am Post subject: |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| Sorry but with only a HS diploma you can't get an E2 visa to teach here legally. You could come over and work illegally but you would risk a fine and deportation. A fake degree could land you in prison. Maybe you could talk to FiveBuzzards about coming here to work as a missionary. |
Maybe you should use his real name, fiveeagles, since the op has never posted here before.
socrteez, if you're from most commonwealth countries and under 28 you can get a Working Holiday visa, but in Korea it doesn't let you teach English so it's only useful if you were to get a job as an editor or something else, and as 90%+ of the jobs are for English teaching I wouldn't recommend it.
Ah, hold on a sec, I see you're in Detroit. If you're looking to get away from construction long-term I would probably recommend China then. You could get a job there, work for a while and then maybe later on enter a good Chinese university after which you would be good for just about anywhere given China's rising prestige. I think Shanghai Jiao Tong University is on the list of some of the best in the world, it's waaay warmer than Detroit and Shanghai is close to Fukuoka and Busan, two of the best cities in the region. So it's decided! You'll come over for a year to work at a place close to Shanghai, go to university there after a year or two and never have to work construction again. |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:27 am Post subject: |
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| mithridates wrote: |
| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| Sorry but with only a HS diploma you can't get an E2 visa to teach here legally. You could come over and work illegally but you would risk a fine and deportation. A fake degree could land you in prison. Maybe you could talk to FiveBuzzards about coming here to work as a missionary. |
Maybe you should use his real name, fiveeagles, since the op has never posted here before.
socrteez, if you're from most commonwealth countries and under 28 you can get a Working Holiday visa, but in Korea it doesn't let you teach English so it's only useful if you were to get a job as an editor or something else, and as 90%+ of the jobs are for English teaching I wouldn't recommend it.
Ah, hold on a sec, I see you're in Detroit. If you're looking to get away from construction long-term I would probably recommend China then. You could get a job there, work for a while and then maybe later on enter a good Chinese university after which you would be good for just about anywhere given China's rising prestige. I think Shanghai Jiao Tong University is on the list of some of the best in the world, it's waaay warmer than Detroit and Shanghai is close to Fukuoka and Busan, two of the best cities in the region. So it's decided! You'll come over for a year to work at a place close to Shanghai, go to university there after a year or two and never have to work construction again. |
Sad. A university lecturer with only a HS diploma. |
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soviet_man
Joined: 23 Apr 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:31 am Post subject: |
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If you wanted to work overseas, but have only had a high school diploma, I'd actually be bold enough to suggest SAUDI ARABIA.
Forget teaching. Forget South Korea.
There are currently 6 million foreign workers in Saudi Arabia (out of a total population of 32 million).
There are jobs such as Taxi Drivers (which foreigners can still legally do) and unskilled jobs (like Live-In House Caretakers) which are currently in high demand.
As far as I can see, it would not be *that* hard to set yourself up and the wages for such work would be quite liveable. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:42 am Post subject: |
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| jinju wrote: |
| mithridates wrote: |
| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| Sorry but with only a HS diploma you can't get an E2 visa to teach here legally. You could come over and work illegally but you would risk a fine and deportation. A fake degree could land you in prison. Maybe you could talk to FiveBuzzards about coming here to work as a missionary. |
Maybe you should use his real name, fiveeagles, since the op has never posted here before.
socrteez, if you're from most commonwealth countries and under 28 you can get a Working Holiday visa, but in Korea it doesn't let you teach English so it's only useful if you were to get a job as an editor or something else, and as 90%+ of the jobs are for English teaching I wouldn't recommend it.
Ah, hold on a sec, I see you're in Detroit. If you're looking to get away from construction long-term I would probably recommend China then. You could get a job there, work for a while and then maybe later on enter a good Chinese university after which you would be good for just about anywhere given China's rising prestige. I think Shanghai Jiao Tong University is on the list of some of the best in the world, it's waaay warmer than Detroit and Shanghai is close to Fukuoka and Busan, two of the best cities in the region. So it's decided! You'll come over for a year to work at a place close to Shanghai, go to university there after a year or two and never have to work construction again. |
Sad. A university lecturer with only a HS diploma. |
I meant go to university to study, silly. |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:57 am Post subject: |
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| mithridates wrote: |
| jinju wrote: |
| mithridates wrote: |
| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| Sorry but with only a HS diploma you can't get an E2 visa to teach here legally. You could come over and work illegally but you would risk a fine and deportation. A fake degree could land you in prison. Maybe you could talk to FiveBuzzards about coming here to work as a missionary. |
Maybe you should use his real name, fiveeagles, since the op has never posted here before.
socrteez, if you're from most commonwealth countries and under 28 you can get a Working Holiday visa, but in Korea it doesn't let you teach English so it's only useful if you were to get a job as an editor or something else, and as 90%+ of the jobs are for English teaching I wouldn't recommend it.
Ah, hold on a sec, I see you're in Detroit. If you're looking to get away from construction long-term I would probably recommend China then. You could get a job there, work for a while and then maybe later on enter a good Chinese university after which you would be good for just about anywhere given China's rising prestige. I think Shanghai Jiao Tong University is on the list of some of the best in the world, it's waaay warmer than Detroit and Shanghai is close to Fukuoka and Busan, two of the best cities in the region. So it's decided! You'll come over for a year to work at a place close to Shanghai, go to university there after a year or two and never have to work construction again. |
Sad. A university lecturer with only a HS diploma. |
I meant go to university to study, silly. |
Actually, studying at a Chinese university would be pretty cool. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:01 am Post subject: |
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| jinju wrote: |
| mithridates wrote: |
| jinju wrote: |
| mithridates wrote: |
| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| Sorry but with only a HS diploma you can't get an E2 visa to teach here legally. You could come over and work illegally but you would risk a fine and deportation. A fake degree could land you in prison. Maybe you could talk to FiveBuzzards about coming here to work as a missionary. |
Maybe you should use his real name, fiveeagles, since the op has never posted here before.
socrteez, if you're from most commonwealth countries and under 28 you can get a Working Holiday visa, but in Korea it doesn't let you teach English so it's only useful if you were to get a job as an editor or something else, and as 90%+ of the jobs are for English teaching I wouldn't recommend it.
Ah, hold on a sec, I see you're in Detroit. If you're looking to get away from construction long-term I would probably recommend China then. You could get a job there, work for a while and then maybe later on enter a good Chinese university after which you would be good for just about anywhere given China's rising prestige. I think Shanghai Jiao Tong University is on the list of some of the best in the world, it's waaay warmer than Detroit and Shanghai is close to Fukuoka and Busan, two of the best cities in the region. So it's decided! You'll come over for a year to work at a place close to Shanghai, go to university there after a year or two and never have to work construction again. |
Sad. A university lecturer with only a HS diploma. |
I meant go to university to study, silly. |
Actually, studying at a Chinese university would be pretty cool. |
Yeah, definitely. My advice in that area was because I know what it's like to come to Asia with a high school diploma, live it up and then go back home to do the exact same thing regardless of what you've learned. That was stupidity on my part of course, thinking that I could somehow land myself an awesome job in Calgary with just Japanese ability. Since the op wants to get away from the work he's doing back home I would suggest thinking really long-term, maybe six years at least. It's worth it. |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:04 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, definitely. My advice in that area was because I know what it's like to come to Asia with a high school diploma, live it up and then go back home to do the exact same thing regardless of what you've learned. That was stupidity on my part of course, thinking that I could somehow land myself an awesome job in Calgary with just Japanese ability. Since the op wants to get away from the work he's doing back home I would suggest thinking really long-term, maybe six years at least. It's worth it. |
And no offense to the OP or Detroit, it would certainly beat his current job and living in Detroit. Shanghai, thats a cool city. And a cool place for photography. Thats why Id love it;) |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:09 am Post subject: Re: Green as it gets |
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| socrteez wrote: |
| First, thank you so much for your insite & experiences...I'm a discontened const worker form the states, with only a high school diploma....I'm intrigued with Korea but am feeling overwhelmed with all the different schools that teach esl there...might you please offer some advice/suggestions. Thanks in advance! Norm |
If ever I have nothing better to do with my life than troll this forum in such a moronic fashion, any member here has permission to shoot me on site. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:39 am Post subject: Re: Green as it gets |
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| jaganath69 wrote: |
| socrteez wrote: |
| First, thank you so much for your insite & experiences...I'm a discontened const worker form the states, with only a high school diploma....I'm intrigued with Korea but am feeling overwhelmed with all the different schools that teach esl there...might you please offer some advice/suggestions. Thanks in advance! Norm |
If ever I have nothing better to do with my life than troll this forum in such a moronic fashion, any member here has permission to shoot me on site. |
Which site? |
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