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[jlb]

I'm looking for people who've been teaching English abroad but then returned to their home countries. It's for an upcoming book project about employment back home, post ESL teaching abroad. Please help me out by doing this short survey.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/M2KNQ88

If you want to know who I am, before doing something like this check out my author page on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Jackie-Bolen/e/B00PHYOM5I/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1436483981&sr=8-1

[hogwonguy1979]

gee I thought you thought this place was a "cesspool" as you called it a short while ago and you keep coming back to huckster your stuff.

talk about a hypocrite, GMAFB!!!!!!

[jlb]

Thanks for mentioning my "stuff." I really appreciate it!

And, didn't we agree to break up and that you were going to find another Internet personality to love/hate?

[emetib]

[PRagic]

Do you mean that you'd like survey responses from people who taught abroad but then returned to their home countries?

[Scorpion]

There's no question about it, Korea is a cesspool in a lot of ways. I don't think that statement is in any way controversial to anyone who's been here more than a few months. Even most Koreans would probably admit to that (although deeply resent it when Koreans point it out). Corruption is rampant in every sector of society, people are shockingly inconsiderate of one another, the streets are filthy, employers are unethical, and minorities are stigmitazed and demonized without reproach. Animal cruelty is rampant, xenophobia is worn as a badge, and "white face only" adverts don't raise an eyebrow. Korea has made great strides over the last fifty years, but in many ways it is still a cesspool.

It's not exactly a controversial statement.

[hogwonguy1979]

[jlb]

PRagic-yes, exactly.

[Fallacy]

Aha, this clarification helps, but like PRagic (thanks for the disambiguation), I am disqualified as a study participant because I am still here. However, given the initial confusing vagueness of the OP's request; then given the "cesspool" reference by hogwonguy1979 (thanks for that) following; and given further the decline of participation by emetib, despite being a suitable candidate, I have to wonder if anyone will be of any practical assistance here at all. Either crickets or derision seem assured to soon follow.

[jlb]

It's no worries- lots of responses already from other places. But, for a book like this, a bigger pool of responses will make it easier to see the trends, which will make it more useful.

[trueblue]

I think it is a great idea. Far be it from anyone here to stifle his/her ambition.

[jlb]

Thanks for your support Trueblue, I appreciate it. The haters are definitely not going to stop me!

[edwardcatflap]

Hey I don't know much about this person or their books but if a person said on here or on a blog that Dave's cafe was a cesspool and then they come back on here asking people to fill in a survey to enable them to make money then as hogwonguy1979 says it's hypocritical. How is that person being more of a hater than the one who said it was a cesspool?

[tophatcat]

[hogwonguy1979]

give it up Jackie, we now all know your scheme, you are an embarrassment to the teaching profession with your hypocritical postings here and the crap you "sell" on your website

I taught at universities there for 18 years and am also working on some writing projects for people in the states but at least I'm not ripping potential subjects of my research on sites like this before asking them to help out on one of your projects. People like you give the hard working honest people who come here and to other sites looking for good information and us who freely give advice a bad name because we do it because its the right thing to do instead of trying to scam a buck out of it.

think that may be the biggest change I've seen over the years, expat community used to really help each other out, now it's look out for #1, thats as bad as the Koreans