Korean Job Discussion Forums

[greenie]

Dear Esl Teachers,

I am a cyclist on a world tour, on the road since Oct 2010. I started at my home in Germany.

I have crossed the following countries: Germany, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Taijikistan, Kirgistan, China, Pakistan, India, Nepal and now I am in South Korea.

The next countries I plan to visit are: Japan, Taiwan, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Phillipines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, West Coast America, South America, Africa, back home via Europe... this will take several more years

I would like to show your students another way of life and my spirit, my way of traveling to various countries and cultures.

So far I have done two presentations in schools here in South Korea, but I would like to do more.

I can offer the following:
- showing my equipment (bike, tent, tools)
- pictures of my adventures
- explaination of my way of traveling
- my background and history of the countries I have visited (I have to do research on that), and my personal view points while traveling through those areas.

If you are interested please send me a personal msg and we can discuss the next steps.

I am currently in Gangneung and will cycle down the east coast till Busan in the next few days. But I can come anywhere in South Korea (if you pay for the transportation and arrange accommodation) Also I would like to ask for a small donation from the school...

[zombiedog]

exactly how much money do you want?

[greenie]

It's based on a donation. The last two schools I've gone to have given me 50,000won per hour so I'd be looking for around that amount.

If you are interested please contact me on my email or facebook account.

Thanks.

[email protected]
fb: https://www.facebook.com/peterfink84

[YTMND]

I am in Beijing, China. If you already came here, you posted too late I am afraid

[tardisrider]

Are you on a tourist visa? If so, requesting those donations is probably illegal--no different from doing privates.

[zombiedog]

Yeah, I'm not about to teach my students how to be beggars. Good luck elsewhere.

[thunderbird]

Ur here at the wrong time sorry with the summer schedule everythings messed up.

[matthews_world]

I'm sure there are camps that would be interested.

Post your facebook page or even get in contact with one or two newspapers: Korean Times or Chosun Ilbo

One or two of the major English newspapers even runs an English camp for kids, forget which ones, tho.

Someone should send this human interest piece in to YTN News Channel.

[rjrs0510]

There are a number of bitter people on here.... criticizing this guy for "illegal work" and not "teaching my kids about begging", go get a life. This guy is doing something interesting and remarkable, appreciate that or just leave him alone.

[joeteacher]

[Dodge7]

lol at the people beating this guy up. If you were in my area, I'd have you come to my school and pay out of pocket. Good luck in Korea. Land of the pessimists.

[Mr. BlackCat]

I'm curious what kind of reactions you've gotten from the students at the schools you've gone to here. In my experience here, Korean kids (and adults) seem to have almost zero interest in the world outside of their borders. I remember in the 4th grade our school got a teacher from Japan on exchange with one of our regular teachers and us kids were always asking her questions, and she would sometimes bring things in to show us and we'd all be amazed. Here, students can't even remember where their foreign teacher is from most of the time. We just did a camp unit on 'foreign food' like tacos and falafels. The 3 kids who didn't zone out immediately had to make disgusted faces and tell me how gross everything sounded. I mean, it's tomatoes, meat, onions...things the kids eat everyday anyway. But not Korea= apparently.

If I were to meet you, OP, I'd buy you a beer (or ten) and listen to your stories. But, unfortunately, I'm pretty sure how it'd go over at my school. I can just picture my CT's blank stare at me as I ask, eyes glazing over.

[nautilus]

[Hello]

[luckylady]