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BritishDefector
Joined: 21 Aug 2012
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 Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 9:49 am Post subject: Am I the youngest EFL teacher in Korea? (Ulsan) |
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Hey,
I'm a 21 year-old Brit living in Ulsan. Am I the youngest person in Korea? The youngest person I've met so far is 25.
I don't want to sound like i'm discriminating. I'm genuinely curious, where are the young folk? |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 10:03 am Post subject: |
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| I know of a twenty year old, but it would be tough for anyone to be ynger than you. I was 23 when I first came, and I was generally the baby until around the time I turned 25, at which point I finally started to meet people who were younger than me. Generally speaking, the stereotype that everyone is just out of uni is untrue, and you're about as young as they come. |
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alongway
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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I think a lot of people would be 23 minimum unless they had a late birthday.
Graduate at 18, 4 year degree, graduate when you're 22. Decide to go to Korea and spend a few months arranging paperwork and a job and likely starting in the new school year in March (the next year)
I guess if you ran straight into a hagwon job right after graduation you could be fresh out of school.
Can you get a degree in 3 years in the UK that is good enough for the Korean government? |
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shamash
Joined: 02 Jun 2012
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm 23, and am pretty much the youngest I've met. Guy across the hall from me is 35, I was pretty shocked, I thought he was like 25-28 at the oldest. |
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JustinC
Joined: 10 Mar 2012
Location: We Are The World!
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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| alongway wrote: |
I think a lot of people would be 23 minimum unless they had a late birthday.
Graduate at 18, 4 year degree, graduate when you're 22. Decide to go to Korea and spend a few months arranging paperwork and a job and likely starting in the new school year in March (the next year)
I guess if you ran straight into a hagwon job right after graduation you could be fresh out of school.
Can you get a degree in 3 years in the UK that is good enough for the Korean government? |
Degrees are, for the most part, 3 years unless you're doing law, medicine etc. |
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asdfghjkl
Joined: 21 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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I started a few weeks after I turned 22, so I know how it feels. I found it hard to make friends at first because most of the people I met were pushing thirty. This was in 2008 though, right around when things started to seem really hopeless in America, so there were a lot more people in my age range the next year. Now that I am 25, there are at least two people my age around where I live now, and one of them is even normal!
Any moment now, some middle aged Canadian dude baby who thinks he is white King Sejong is going to reply with, "OMG THIS IS NOT YOU'RE 5TH YR OF COLLEGE!" But the people you really need to watch out for, who are usually the worst influences, are the guys in their early thirties who act like they're still your age. You can easily spot who they are because they're finally starting to get fat and are usually going bald but still trying to pull off a comb over. After working retail for the last ten years, they see Korea as an easy escape to facilitate their still boyish lifestyles. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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| JustinC wrote: |
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I think a lot of people would be 23 minimum unless they had a late birthday.
Graduate at 18, 4 year degree, graduate when you're 22. Decide to go to Korea and spend a few months arranging paperwork and a job and likely starting in the new school year in March (the next year)
I guess if you ran straight into a hagwon job right after graduation you could be fresh out of school.
Can you get a degree in 3 years in the UK that is good enough for the Korean government? |
Degrees are, for the most part, 3 years unless you're doing law, medicine etc. |
Not in North America. Degrees are generally 4 years, or even 5. But a large number of people do finish university when they are 21. Graduating sometime in that May/August window. But will turn 22 sometime before the end of the year. |
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fezmond
Joined: 27 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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| jvalmer wrote: |
| JustinC wrote: |
| alongway wrote: |
I think a lot of people would be 23 minimum unless they had a late birthday.
Graduate at 18, 4 year degree, graduate when you're 22. Decide to go to Korea and spend a few months arranging paperwork and a job and likely starting in the new school year in March (the next year)
I guess if you ran straight into a hagwon job right after graduation you could be fresh out of school.
Can you get a degree in 3 years in the UK that is good enough for the Korean government? |
Degrees are, for the most part, 3 years unless you're doing law, medicine etc. |
Not in North America. Degrees are generally 4 years, or even 5. But a large number of people do finish university when they are 21. Graduating sometime in that May/August window. But will turn 22 sometime before the end of the year. |
law is only a 3 year degree too, just that you have to go into further training should you wish to be a solicitor/barrister.
in north america, does the first year of a degree not really amount to much? some of my friends told me that their first year was a waste of time and money whereas in the UK we get straight into the thick of things. |
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viciousdinosaur
Joined: 30 Apr 2012
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I thought you needed a four-year degree to work in Korea? Or have they changed the rules again.
I was 23 when I came. But I was actually taking a year off of university. This is a maturing market. We are going to see less and less youngins aroun. |
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figshdg
Joined: 01 May 2012
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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| JustinC wrote: |
Degrees are, for the most part, 3 years unless you're doing law, medicine etc. |
Hmm, not quite. Honour degrees in Scotland are almost always four years. A minority of people do leave after the third year in Scotland with just an ordinary degree. Three year degrees are common in the rest of the UK. |
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fezmond
Joined: 27 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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| viciousdinosaur wrote: |
I thought you needed a four-year degree to work in Korea? Or have they changed the rules again.
I was 23 when I came. But I was actually taking a year off of university. This is a maturing market. We are going to see less and less youngins aroun. |
always been a 3 year degree for brits to work here. our 3 year is the equivalent of a north american 4 year degree |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| fezmond wrote: |
| jvalmer wrote: |
| JustinC wrote: |
| alongway wrote: |
I think a lot of people would be 23 minimum unless they had a late birthday.
Graduate at 18, 4 year degree, graduate when you're 22. Decide to go to Korea and spend a few months arranging paperwork and a job and likely starting in the new school year in March (the next year)
I guess if you ran straight into a hagwon job right after graduation you could be fresh out of school.
Can you get a degree in 3 years in the UK that is good enough for the Korean government? |
Degrees are, for the most part, 3 years unless you're doing law, medicine etc. |
Not in North America. Degrees are generally 4 years, or even 5. But a large number of people do finish university when they are 21. Graduating sometime in that May/August window. But will turn 22 sometime before the end of the year. |
law is only a 3 year degree too, just that you have to go into further training should you wish to be a solicitor/barrister.
in north america, does the first year of a degree not really amount to much? some of my friends told me that their first year was a waste of time and money whereas in the UK we get straight into the thick of things. |
The first year is probably when most drop out. It's difficult, at least in the sciences it's pretty difficult. It gets easier later on though, at least that's what I found. |
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Ibsen
Joined: 09 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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| 21 is really young for an ESL teacher in Korea. I'm 23 and I'm the youngest out of all of the people I've met here. I actually haven't met any other 23 year olds. The next youngest person I've met was 25, and I only know of one 25 year old in my area. Of the people I hang out with, the next youngest is 27 while the majority are over 30. |
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Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| 21? you should work at a high-school. I think you'd have fun! |
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alongway
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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| in north america, does the first year of a degree not really amount to much? some of my friends told me that their first year was a waste of time and money whereas in the UK we get straight into the thick of things. |
Yes..in many places, the first year is "general studies" and you don't really declare a major until the second year. I think the original intention was to have the first year be a mish mash of classes and then you figure out what you like and pick one after. However, a lot of people go into it with their degree planned and pick their classes accordingly. It doesn't help much though. |
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