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[joseg]

Hi everybody! I've been offered a supervisor's position with Nowon SLP. The salary is 3.5 million Won per month, single studio accommodation, 25 hours per week, health insurance, 10 sick days per year, 15 paid vacation days (not including Korean national holidays), free Internet access, free cable, food allowance and use of the company dry cleaning account. Is this a good deal? Please let me know what you think or if you have any information on this hogwan. I am trying to decide between this job and a university position. Thanks for your help.

[kylehawkins2000]

Hey, you can't really go wrong with that kind of money! But really....I haven't heard too many positive things about that place. I'll bite my tongue and hope that some employees that are there now or have worked there recently will speak up.

[mack the knife]

man, oh man...

if you conduct a search on nowon slp, i'm sure you'll be able to dig up all sorts of lurid details. it's always been scandalous. why should anything have changed?

[Anda]

3.5 for working at a hogwan for 25 hours. Yeah and cows will fly.

Namwon never gets a good write up here on the board it is known for lying. There are very few places in Korea that pay big money and the big money is always linked to places with high reputations not to a super low grade hogwan like Namwon.

The type of position you are talking about would pay about 2.5 million won for those hours at most. Now 25 class hours and 20 management hours maybe. Organising, preparing, doing timetables takes time and effort. You don't have to be too bright to work out that you aren't going to get 3.5 for 25 class hours full stop.

[jajdude]

Yep. Heard several bad things about that place. Actually visited there once and the director gave me bad vibes right away. That was a few years ago. Are you sure you would actually get 3.5 million won for what sounds like not much work? I'd be skeptical at least.

[Harvard Material]

Why do people continue to ask about this place? It is famous for cruelty. I lived in Nowon-gu, and I do know about that location.

Are you a Korean? Not that it would help any if you were. They don't discriminate at Nowon slp.

Maybe some trolling??

[joseg]

Thanks for the advice guys, I have accepted the job and it's all good. I have even been offered use of the company car which is absolutely amazing. The owner is cool, the supervisor is great and the staff seem to be okay as well, although I don't know how long this is gunna last. My first job today was to make a list of who I thought was a good teacher and who was a bad teacher. The owner was very interested and I am really worried that is gunna get ugly. I'll keep y'all posted.

[itchy]

[mack the knife]

[joseg]

Well, why wouldn't I accept the job? Great money and benefits - does it get any better? I didn't know that I'd have to start watching teachers. Seems like this place is pretty big on watching teachers both in and out of the classroom.

[Anda]

Um sounds like a jail. Tell me who would want to work there? Also are you into being a such an a..hole for a Korean stand over merchant. Good luck on pay day because you will need it.

[Harvard Material]

Hey Joseg...what does that imply? Watching teachers in and out of school? Does the goofy manager's name rhyme with Hey You Suck? I've heard of him. What's up with the "...both in and out of the classroom"? Rings a bell.

Your original post stunk of one from back in October, 2002. "Hi everyone! I'm lee bok-soi, the new academic supervisor at Nowon slp! We know we have done some bad things to teachers in the past, but remember that the teachers did bad things to us first." I bet.

I'm with Mack the Knife and Anda all the way on this one. Nowon slp. HA! What's your name joseg? Nationality? Dare you speak the truth?

"Thanks for the advice guys, I have accepted the job and it's all good." Wasn't the advice I read posted here. Well. I'll have to call in and speak with the 'manager' to find out I guess.

Furthermore, how do 'you' evaluate a 'good' teacher from a 'bad' teacher?
You have previous experience in teacher training/evaluation?

Keep us posted? Very considerate of you...

[joseg]

Harvard Material, I don't know what your problem is but back off mate and take a chill pill. I am just a good ol' Kiwi just trying to make a big buck the easiest way I can. You bizarre post makes no sense to me, sounds like you have some issues to deal with. Whatever sport, it's got nothing to do with me, I was just trying to get some advice. I WILL keep everyone posted regardless of whatever garbage you write.

[mack the knife]

joseg, this will be an interesting challenge:

let's see if you survive at nowon slp for longer than say, 6 months. i'd prefer to make the challenge much more difficult (say, 1 year), but i'll give you a cushion of several months so you don't have to endure the pain. i'm a nice guy that way.

[joseg]

Hey Harvard Material, after showing the owner and supervisor of Nowon SLP your weirdo post I got the full run down on who they think you might be. Woohoo buddy, sounds like you are one crazy enchilada. I think that I'll be giving ANYTHING you write on this board a huge swerve.