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carleverson
Joined: 04 Dec 2009
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| I'm 15 years old. Don't let age stop you. |
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refugee
Joined: 17 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm 26 and got here 4 days ago, go for it. You'll be older when you get here anyway, I was informed by a Korean girl that I'm 28 now!! |
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ironclad80
Joined: 13 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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| i WISH i started in the ESL game when i was 26. i'm 31 now came here when i was 29. you are most DEFINITELY not too old! |
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theevilgenius
Joined: 10 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:27 am Post subject: |
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| That's probably the right age, most Koreans that I meet are that age as for foreigners your probably well under the average age! |
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Nester Noodlemon
Joined: 16 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:10 am Post subject: |
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| Allthechildrenareinsane wrote: |
I turned 31 in Korea last year, and will be celebrating my 32nd birthday here this year.  |
How old will you be next year? |
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nukeday
Joined: 13 May 2010
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:15 am Post subject: |
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| Nester Noodlemon wrote: |
| Allthechildrenareinsane wrote: |
| I turned 31 in Korea last year, and will be celebrating my 32nd birthday here this year. |
How old will you be next year? |
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NohopeSeriously
Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Location: The Christian Right-Wing Educational Republic of Korea
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:46 am Post subject: |
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You don't need to feel that bad. Most of us are over-achievers to the Koreans.
http://incruit.mt.co.kr/people/news/special/?act=view&aid=448902
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Average age when Koreans get their first full time job after university undergrad in 1997: Age 24.7
Average age when Koreans get their first full time job after university undergrad in 2007: Age 26.4 |
The current economic situation in 2011: Possibly age 29 |
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rickpidero
Joined: 03 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:17 am Post subject: |
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| While it is true that there are lots of people older than you, if you come with a public school program, you might find yourself one of the older people in the bunch. But, no one (Foreigners) will really care. |
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pegasus64128
Joined: 20 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:27 am Post subject: Re: is 26 too old to do this the first time? |
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I almost went at 23 and didn't, and now want to go.I'm 26, will I stick out? Will making friends be awkward because ill be older? I'm female, if that matters. Thanks.
Ps I'm being serious...this is really bothering me. |
No matter what age you are, it will take you ~ 6 months (there is extensive empirical evidence for this - ask any foreigner!) to get used to Korea 
It's a different ball game out here. As for Koreans, more senior foreigners are held in higher esteem. Actually, I think I might have been better off if I came to Korea a bit older and wiser, with more experience, and knowledge. |
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Allthechildrenareinsane
Joined: 23 Jun 2011
Location: Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:28 am Post subject: |
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| nukeday wrote: |
| Nester Noodlemon wrote: |
| Allthechildrenareinsane wrote: |
| I turned 31 in Korea last year, and will be celebrating my 32nd birthday here this year. |
How old will you be next year? |
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Appreciate the snark.  |
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pegasus64128
Joined: 20 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:57 am Post subject: |
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| nukeday wrote: |
| Nester Noodlemon wrote: |
| Allthechildrenareinsane wrote: |
| I turned 31 in Korea last year, and will be celebrating my 32nd birthday here this year. |
How old will you be next year? |
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He said 'here', unfortunately qualifying it as minimum intelligence but maybe it was just luck! Snarkfulness applauded! |
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phareign
Joined: 15 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:33 am Post subject: |
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| I am 34 and I got here two weeks ago. I don't feel out of place at all, and in fact most of the teachers are in their late 20's and 30's, whether foreign or Korean. Many of them have been teaching for several years. A lot of foreign teachers bounce from school to school because they go home and come back. This is not their first time teaching in Korea, so they are older too. Many foreign teachers are also newly married couples. |
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brento1138
Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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26 is definitely the average, or young... I think I was 24 when I came to Korea.. now I am 29 (been here on and off).
You're a young-un! |
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NohopeSeriously
Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Location: The Christian Right-Wing Educational Republic of Korea
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:25 am Post subject: |
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IMO a large amount of student debt is a bigger burden than an old age.  |
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Jotun_Symph
Joined: 21 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Absoluetly not! In fact, I wouldn't reccomend coming over here to teach for anyone under the age of 25, there's so much you have to deal with and you have to think on your feet so much that you need a certain level of maturity to handle it all without breaking down. |
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