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garykasparov
Joined: 27 May 2007
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 Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:42 pm Post subject: GEPIK sent out another letter: be ready for runners |
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| GEPIK sent out another letter saying that every school has to "be ready" for a wave of runners. Can anyone shed some light on this please? Did any other GEPIK teachers get these letters? |
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kat2
Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Location: Busan, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Did they give any reasoning why they are expecting runners? Are tey planning on implementing some half-brained policy that will cause lots of teachers to quit? Or are they expecting that they've hired lots of people without real degrees who will soon be found out? I'm curious.... |
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Scouse Mouse
Joined: 07 Jan 2007
Location: Cloud #9
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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| I would guess this has something to do with the new visa requirements, or they have experience of people getting homesick at christmas and going home. |
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regicide
Joined: 01 Sep 2006
Location: United States
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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| I would guess this has something to do with the new visa requirements, or they have experience of people getting homesick at christmas and going home. |
Maybe then Korean schools should finally realize that time off during Lunar New Year and Chuseok just doesnt cut it. A little respect for US and our traditions would go a long way. |
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aarontendo
Joined: 08 Feb 2006
Location: Daegu-ish
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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LOL. We get a lot of days off here. We also get a day off for Christmas. I think we get ample time off for our holidays. Anyways, it's not like when Koreans come to America we give em their holidays off.
I'm assuming you were being facetious. (sp?) |
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rabbitsaregood
Joined: 03 Oct 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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If anyone has access to the letter/fax and is willing to replicate it in my direction, I'd be interested to hear from them.
Paul Kerry
(Korea Herald) |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: On the bottom of the food chain
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:19 am Post subject: |
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| rabbitsaregood wrote: |
If anyone has access to the letter/fax and is willing to replicate it in my direction, I'd be interested to hear from them.
Paul Kerry
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hmmm... more reporters |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 4:42 am Post subject: |
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Some Korean has been reading these forums and got the general idea that many teachers won't be renewing because of the new visa regulations.
By chinese whispers its become translated to " be ready for lots of people leaving". |
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Homer
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 5:22 am Post subject: |
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Sorry regicide but what you suggest is simply not going to happen, nor should it!
Koreans who go to work in the US or Canada do not get Chusok or Lunar new year off...why?
Because that would make no sense my man.
Would you request Easter, Thanks giving and say the 4th of July off as well regicide?
When you work in a country you get that countries holidays, period.
Expecting otherwise is really fantasy thinking...sorry.
As for the runners...it is strange but could be because of new visa rules and/or x-mas blues. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:54 am Post subject: |
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| How will the new visa rules affect people already with visas? |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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When you work in a country you get that countries holidays, period. |
When you're RACIALLY EXCLUDED from society, why should you care what they think? Get paid, leave when you want. Racist scum should be ignored anyway. |
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Boodleheimer
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Location: working undercover for the Man
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Homer wrote: |
When you work in a country you get that countries holidays, period.
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one of the things i really liked about teaching in china was that the contract states that you get a few days off for your national holidays. |
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crusher_of_heads
Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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| KWhitehead wrote: |
| Homer wrote: |
When you work in a country you get that countries holidays, period.
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one of the things i really liked about teaching in china was that the contract states that you get a few days off for your national holidays. |
Work that into your next contract, then. |
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lowpo
Joined: 01 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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| crusher_of_heads wrote: |
| KWhitehead wrote: |
| Homer wrote: |
When you work in a country you get that countries holidays, period.
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one of the things i really liked about teaching in china was that the contract states that you get a few days off for your national holidays. |
Work that into your next contract, then. |
I worked at a private school in China and we got Christmas Eve and Christmas off, but we had to make up the classes with Saturday and Sunday classes. The second school I worked for in China didn't give us any western holidays off. |
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Boodleheimer
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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| lowpo wrote: |
| I worked at a private school in China and we got Christmas Eve and Christmas off, but we had to make up the classes with Saturday and Sunday classes. The second school I worked for in China didn't give us any western holidays off. |
i worked at a university and a college - good contracts for each. i did part-time work on saturdays (without a contract) with a korean hagwon in beijing and i was asked to come in on New Years Day. (because i took christmas day off) |
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