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billyg
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
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 Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:28 pm Post subject: Eton Language Institute in Gimpo City |
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Can anybody who is familiar with the school or the city offer me some insights on what to expect. Any help is appreciated. I'm just crossing my fingers that I didn't sign a contract with a nightmare school. For all intensive purposes, everyone I've spoke with has been pretty up front and nice. So nerve racking this process is. I guess you won't know until you're there. Some insights would ease my nervousness, whether good or bad.
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Plume D'ella Plumeria
Joined: 10 Jan 2005
Location: The Lost Horizon
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:24 pm Post subject: Eton Language School |
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| If this is at all connected to, or anything like, an outfit called E-ton Language School in a different city where I worked for nine miserable months, be very very afraid. It may be a franchise and differ from school to school or they may all be equally horrible; I don't know. You can PM me if you want details. |
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W.T.Carl
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:56 am Post subject: |
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| I did a year in Kimpo at one of the local schools. I had heard that the owner went under due to tax problems. This might be the same guy under another name. Who is the owner? PM me if you like. |
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matthews_world
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:45 am Post subject: Re: Eton Language School |
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| Plume D'ella Plumeria wrote: |
| If this is at all connected to, or anything like, an outfit called E-ton Language School in a different city where I worked for nine miserable months, be very very afraid. It may be a franchise and differ from school to school or they may all be equally horrible; I don't know. You can PM me if you want details. |
All I know is that there are different branches with different owners. All aren't created equal. |
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John Henry
Joined: 24 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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| And they're probably not affiliated with THE Eton. |
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inkoreaforgood
Joined: 15 Dec 2003
Location: Inchon
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| Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know the school, but Kimpo is a decent place to live. Lived there for a while myself, enough stores to keep you happy, but for entertainment, you need to go into Seoul once in a while. We lived there for 3 years, and it was pretty good.
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billyg
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Are kimpo city and gimpo city the same thing? |
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prairieboy
Joined: 14 Sep 2003
Location: The batcave.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| billyg wrote: |
| Are kimpo city and gimpo city the same thing? |
Yes, they are one and the same. Just different romanization of the hangul.
I lived and worked at a couple of places in Kimpo for almost 3 years. It's a decent place with enough to do.
I don't know anything about Eton but there are alot of hagwons in Kimpo. The competition is getting more and more fierce so expect some of the hagwons to start shutting down there soon.
The last place I was at was doing really well up until about 3 months before I started. The place went down hill drastically and rebounded slightly with alot of hard work by everyone employed there. It has since come close to rock bottom several times and is only staying afloat with money from a mysterious source.
Even the established hagwons are running into some trouble with the arrival of some large chain academies that have taken over several floors of some of the newer buildings.
Best bet is to go with a school that has been in Kimpo for at least 5 years or more, otherwise you are taking a serious risk.
Cheers and goodluck. |
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