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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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 Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm With You wrote: |
| nickwils wrote: |
| Mw182006 wrote: |
| I'm a newb and about to apply for the fall term, so there's some anecdotal evidence for you. The idea of 'weekend warriors' becoming ESL teachers in order to experience war though? That's pretty absurd. |
You would be surprised.
Ask the average US teacher in Vietnam, are they there for the Pho and good $ hourly rate or are they really there to relive 'nam' a few decades too late.
I think you already know the answer to that one. |
Damn right it's a surprise.
I remember we were hunkered down in '92 at a Berlitz in Kangnam. We were working 6 days on, 1 day off. 12 hour days. Low on men to fill the positions that were open. We had to rely on each other. Guys were dropping in the hallways - half awake with their class files still in their hands.
Split shifts, first shift at 6:45am. Back again at 4:00pm with a barrage of corporate students hitting us until 9:45pm. It wasn't pretty but we managed and we fought back.
I hated what we'd become. I saw another side to myself that I never would have imagined existed. We were younger then. |
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nickwils
Joined: 30 Apr 2007
Location: Asia
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| Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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| hogwonguy1979 wrote: |
| I'm With You wrote: |
| nickwils wrote: |
| Mw182006 wrote: |
| I'm a newb and about to apply for the fall term, so there's some anecdotal evidence for you. The idea of 'weekend warriors' becoming ESL teachers in order to experience war though? That's pretty absurd. |
You would be surprised.
Ask the average US teacher in Vietnam, are they there for the Pho and good $ hourly rate or are they really there to relive 'nam' a few decades too late.
I think you already know the answer to that one. |
Damn right it's a surprise.
I remember we were hunkered down in '92 at a Berlitz in Kangnam. We were working 6 days on, 1 day off. 12 hour days. Low on men to fill the positions that were open. We had to rely on each other. Guys were dropping in the hallways - half awake with their class files still in their hands.
Split shifts, first shift at 6:45am. Back again at 4:00pm with a barrage of corporate students hitting us until 9:45pm. It wasn't pretty but we managed and we fought back.
I hated what we'd become. I saw another side to myself that I never would have imagined existed. We were younger then. |
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Agreed, genius.
The US lost a lot of damm fine men and women from the Berlitz company in the early 90's. The battle with Wall Street for the hearts and minds of Koreans in southern Seoul wasn't pretty.
All those that remember the war, they won't forget what they've see.
Destruction, of men in there prime. Who's average age was 19... |
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