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iggyb · Joined: 29 Oct 2003

Here is the bulk of a reply I got from one of the big hakwon chains after sending out a batch of emails to specific branches after finding out SMOE had dropped me:

asmith · Joined: 18 Jun 2009

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

I don't see it that way.

Before three or four years ago, there were very few public school jobs out there. It all opened up back then, and now some people are getting all worried about the public schools filling up? Nah... history shows that 40%+ of the people who come here are gone before the first year even finishes. A large percentage of the ones who remain don't even renew.

Now that these jobs are "full" at the moment, it's the end of the ESL world in Korea?

The hilarious thing about all of this is that the government has encouraged more obsession with English education. Money spent on private education has increased substantially in the years since they started putting foreigners in public schools. Remember, the whole goal of this was to try to cut out the hagwons. It hasn't worked.

iggyb · Joined: 29 Oct 2003

It is somewhat surprising to see that the ECC kids places in Seoul (or a more narrow area of Seoul, if that is what the guy is talking about) are full. I'm not surprised about the adult locations, but the kids too....

I'm not overly worried. I am about my target area, but if need be, I could get a job in Gangwon/Kangwon province much closer to where my mother-in-law lives. I can't imagine the job market outside of Seoul-Busan/Pusan is that filled up...

asmith · Joined: 18 Jun 2009

travelingfool · Joined: 10 Mar 2008 Location: Parents' basement

captain kirk · Joined: 29 Jan 2003

asmith · Joined: 18 Jun 2009

Big Pun Lives · Joined: 12 Oct 2008 Location: Seoul, South Korea

princess · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: soul of Asia

For the most part, asmith is right on. But, I'm not so sure even the wall street boys are doing so well. I read a story online about this guy who lost his big high paying wall street gig, only to have to go and make $25,000 a year as a restaurant host. His former colleagues actually come into the restaurant and snicker and laugh at him. How rude! They better watch out. They'll be next.

This guy has to support himelf and his wife and kids on $25,000 a year now. They have a $900,000 home that they are about to lose now and their savings are gone. Sad, but, as my grandpa would say if he were still here, "Ah, they get to take a step down with the rest of us". It must be nice to have a slice of the good life, but it must be even worse, to go rom riches to rags. Hence, the suicide rates increasing. People think they are TOO GOOD to be poor like many of us and they can't handle taking all those steps down.

There are already a bunch of tent communities in the states, but of course, the new world order ran news dummies aren't going to tell you this. Notcie how FOX news tells the grim truth about things, and then makes it out to be a joke. They want to keep the panic levels down.