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dabubug
Joined: 11 Feb 2007
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 Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:12 pm Post subject: soliciting opinions on this school (just submitted resume) |
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I've browsed the forums here and checked the blacklists that I know of and didn't see anything negative about this school come up. Does anyone have any experience with them, positive or negative? Or should I just not worry about it until I find out whether I'll be offered a contract?
http://www.uklanguageschool.com/jobs.shtml
much oblige!  |
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hubba bubba
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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| I'd think long and hard before I signed in a rural area. |
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spyro25
Joined: 23 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| miryang is about 40 mins train to busan. i've been past it on the train many times and its not THAT small, lots of apartments, and is in a very nice setting, in the middle of a valley with a vast lake near it and lots of rivers in it. |
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dabubug
Joined: 11 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| hubba bubba wrote: |
| I'd think long and hard before I signed in a rural area. |
hmm, is it really that disadvantageous? I've lived in towns of about 100,000 people my whole life & big cities can have the tendency to freak me out a bit. I'm also not big on clubbing or whatever, so limited nightlife isn't going to bother me too much. Is a smaller town still a bad idea (other issues with it besides nightlife/bars/etc)? |
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kat2
Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Location: Busan, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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The problems with living in a small town in a foreign country are:
less foreign (read: English speaking) population
Less korean population who can speak English
less recognizable food (if you haven't lived out of the country before you will be surprised at how importatn food becomes to you)
more staring, pointing, screaming, running away, running to, and general bizarre behavoir from the locals
less ability to find otehr items (not food related)
You will get special treatment
and more
Benefits:
You will get a little bit more of the "real" korea. Not the westernized Korea.
Miryang is in a pretty spot.
You will get special treatment (yes, that goes under both b/c it goes both ways) |
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techno_the_cat
Joined: 30 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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I work in a small village near a small sized city. It's a good way to save money if you're willing to take a hit on the social life. But then you do find your self spending more on the weekends 'cause you normally travel. It's all a trade off in the end I guess.
If the city is that small why not ask for a three day weekend. I've heard of small rural hakwons offering that to attract workers. Might be worth a shot.
Good luck. |
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dabubug
Joined: 11 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| techno_the_cat wrote: |
I work in a small village near a small sized city. It's a good way to save money if you're willing to take a hit on the social life. But then you do find your self spending more on the weekends 'cause you normally travel. It's all a trade off in the end I guess.
If the city is that small why not ask for a three day weekend. I've heard of small rural hakwons offering that to attract workers. Might be worth a shot.
Good luck. |
Good idea! Thank you, I would not have thought of that. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Miryang has a KTX station and you could be in central Seoul faster than someone who has to take a bus and the subway from a remote part of Incheon. It also has a Homeplus and lots of other conveniences. |
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jos
Joined: 11 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Hi, I'm in Miryang. Only been here 3 weeks though so I can't give you much advice on the place yet. But there are a lot of public school teachers here and because there is between 15-20 foreigners around we all have contact with each other, meet every weekend that kind of thing. |
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dabubug
Joined: 11 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| jos wrote: |
| Hi, I'm in Miryang. Only been here 3 weeks though so I can't give you much advice on the place yet. But there are a lot of public school teachers here and because there is between 15-20 foreigners around we all have contact with each other, meet every weekend that kind of thing. |
how did you find your job? pm me?? |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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| kat2 wrote: |
The problems with living in a small town in a foreign country are:
(1) less foreign (read: English speaking) population
(2) Less korean population who can speak English
(3) less recognizable food (if you haven't lived out of the country before you will be surprised at how importatn food becomes to you)
(4) more staring, pointing, screaming, running away, running to, and general bizarre behavoir from the locals
(5) less ability to find otehr items (not food related)
(6) You will get special treatment
and more
Benefits:
You will get a little bit more of the "real" korea. Not the westernized Korea.
Miryang is in a pretty spot.
You will get special treatment (yes, that goes under both b/c it goes both ways) |
(numbers are mine.
1 is a benefit not a problem. As for 2 you tend to learn Korean faster in this situation and money is an international language anywhere you go.
And as regards 3, be adventurous. You didn't leave your home country to come here to eat say MickeyD's right? You could do that back home. You could find a few things you really like. 4 so what? 5 could be a problem but since this place has a Homeplus and other stuff it doesn't sound like this will be. And 6 is more often a benefit then the other way around since the less foreigners they've known, the less foreigners have had the chance to turn them off with bad behaviour. |
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vikesyear
Joined: 07 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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Jos wrote:
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| Hi, I'm in Miryang. Only been here 3 weeks though so I can't give you much advice on the place yet. But there are a lot of public school teachers here and because there is between 15-20 foreigners around we all have contact with each other, meet every weekend that kind of thing. |
Jos,
Can you tell me how your past nine months went in Miryang? I'm considering a position with the MOE.
Yu_Bum_suk, anything to add? Thanks! |
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