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wbryant400
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 Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 1:42 pm Post subject: Where am I living and teaching? |
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| I am leaving to go to South Korea next week. I will be an EPIK teacher in Daegu. I haven't heard anything about where I will be living or the school I will be teaching at. Is this normal? I wish I had more information. |
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viciousdinosaur
Joined: 30 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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iggyb
Joined: 29 Oct 2003
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| Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know if it is the same in EPIK as at SMOE, but they probably don't know where you'll end up in the city.
They don't even know what grade level school.
And if they did, they wouldn't tell you, because they don't want expats who are flown over to hear they are going to teach an age group they don't like and then bolt in country to try to find a hakwon job.
Get used to not knowing about things ahead of time.
It will make life in Korea easier for you... |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 3:47 pm Post subject: Re: Where am I living and teaching? |
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| wbryant400 wrote: |
| I am leaving to go to South Korea next week. I will be an EPIK teacher in Daegu. I haven't heard anything about where I will be living or the school I will be teaching at. Is this normal? I wish I had more information. |
Typically you won't be assigned until your "orientation" week.
It is normal.
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Redcap
Joined: 03 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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You will find out where you will be teaching at the EPIK orientation. In the meantime, you may want to hit the internet and familiarize yourself with Daegu. Using the search function on Dave's is a good place to start.
On the last day of your orientation, a representative ( generally your new Korean co-teacher) from your assigned school will meet you. This person will take you to your apartment, and help you get settled in.
Good luck |
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zombiedog
Joined: 03 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 5:40 am Post subject: |
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| I live up the road in Pohang. I like what I've seen of Daegu so far. I go to Costco now and then. FYI Don't drink the water from the tap. They're having some serious water issues now. |
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luckylady
Joined: 30 Jan 2012
Location: u.s. of occupied territories
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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my assignment with SMOE
interview goes well, I'm told I'll be teaching at a middle school
orientation, then assignment:
I'm teaching at an elementary school
so it's actually better they tell you nothing otherwise when they changed it you'd just wonder wtf  |
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YTMND
Joined: 16 Jan 2012
Location: You're the man now dog!!
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| Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:04 am Post subject: |
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| I will be an EPIK teacher in Daegu. I haven't heard anything about where I will be living or the school I will be teaching at. Is this normal? |
You don't need to say EPIK and Daegu, it is redundant. The main organizations are SMOE (Seoul), GEPIK (Gyeonggido, area gloved around Seoul), and then EPIK.
Daegu is the information where you will be living. Compare the size of Korea to China. Saying Daegu is giving a lot of information. So you haven't heard "nothing", you have heard a lot about your location.
Now is the time to google "Daegu" and find out about the location. It's not bad (I'd rate it a 7 out of 10). The school choice is not a major factor since it is a public school. The same kind of agenda is written up for all public schools.
You have been given enough info to research. When you find out who your co-teacher is, then your 1 year future will solidify. |
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soomin
Joined: 18 Jun 2009
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:35 am Post subject: |
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| zombiedog wrote: |
| I live up the road in Pohang. I like what I've seen of Daegu so far. I go to Costco now and then. FYI Don't drink the water from the tap. They're having some serious water issues now. |
I don't drink the tap water (I didn't think anyone did @.@) But, I live in Daegu~~ what happened to the water supply? @.@;;; |
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plchron
Joined: 26 Feb 2011
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 6:37 am Post subject: |
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| Daegu is pretty cool, good nightlife, casino, costco, subway system, etc. You might end up 1 hour outside of the city though. When the say Daegu, they mean anything encompassed by Daegu MOE (which is where the rural clause in your contract might kick in). You want to be in the city and near the subway system, but you don't have a choice. It is assigned as the above posters have said. |
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iggyb
Joined: 29 Oct 2003
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:11 am Post subject: |
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| (I didn't think anyone did @.@) |
I thought this was one of the changes in Korea from what I was their first in the 1990s.
Everybody had large water-cooler jugs delivered to their apartments then, but I heard when I returned that most apartment complexes had installed filters and such - and that tap water in them was now drinkable...
At least that was what I heard from someone...I never checked it out...
(I remember all water in Wonju, a city of 250,000 people, being cut off completely twice for about a week each time due to the amount of pig feces that had runoff into it.) |
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s.tickbeat
Joined: 21 Feb 2010
Location: Gimhae
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| Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I totally drink the tap water here. It comes from the Junam resevoir, and it tastes just fine (maybe a little earthy?). But it's not made me sick. I know that some places in Korea are better than others. Seoul generally has great tapwater, but no one drinks it there. Busan is more hit-and-miss, and places like Namhae are places to buy bottled. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 4:50 am Post subject: |
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| iggyb wrote: |
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| (I didn't think anyone did @.@) |
I thought this was one of the changes in Korea from what I was their first in the 1990s.
Everybody had large water-cooler jugs delivered to their apartments then, but I heard when I returned that most apartment complexes had installed filters and such - and that tap water in them was now drinkable...
At least that was what I heard from someone...I never checked it out...
(I remember all water in Wonju, a city of 250,000 people, being cut off completely twice for about a week each time due to the amount of pig feces that had runoff into it.) |
Most people in our old area in Busan have filters installed on their taps and drink that water. We do to when we visit with no problems. |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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This youtube poster has posted a number of videos, in English, created by what looks like Korean college students, about some of the nicer things about living in Daegu. Included are: tourist attractions, restaurants, and transportation. Sure, the English isn't perfect, but the videos are very helpful.
http://www.youtube.com/user/KoreanTourismVideos#p/u/4/gdnX7V_qRms |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 2:17 am Post subject: |
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| iggyb wrote: |
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| (I didn't think anyone did @.@) |
I thought this was one of the changes in Korea from what I was their first in the 1990s.
Everybody had large water-cooler jugs delivered to their apartments then, but I heard when I returned that most apartment complexes had installed filters and such - and that tap water in them was now drinkable...
At least that was what I heard from someone...I never checked it out...
(I remember all water in Wonju, a city of 250,000 people, being cut off completely twice for about a week each time due to the amount of pig feces that had runoff into it.) |
When was that? Must have been out in the sticks, where Yonsei University is located.
The population of Wonju is now over 320 000, by the way. Yup, one of the fastest growing towns in Korea. If you've got money to invest in real estate, and the time and the wits to do your research well, there's money to be made there. |
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