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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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 Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:00 pm Post subject: Education Degree will be required come Sept 1, 2005 |
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A pretty drastic move from immigration. Seems that, in 5 months, teaching visas will only be granted to foreigners with a minimum BEd. Read it all here:
http://www.moj.go.kr/HP/COM/bbs_03/aprilflsdy/ShowData.do
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Today's date is April 01, 2005. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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LOL RR.
I really doubt that they can impose such a measure - they will have a serious shortage of teachers... |
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-666-
Joined: 12 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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Oh my god! How can news like this break on April 1'st?
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paperbag princess
Joined: 07 Mar 2004
Location: veggie hell
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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| april fools, got me for about 1 second! |
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nateyb
Joined: 28 Dec 2003
Location: witness protection program (or Bundang)
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh, and did you hear the story about EnfCorp? |
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JacktheCat
Joined: 08 May 2004
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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Happy April Fools Day!
Come on guys, we can do better then that. That one is not even remotely believable. |
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the eye
Joined: 29 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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| better luck next year, Tiberious. |
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mishlert
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 3:34 am Post subject: |
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| http://www.moj.go.kr/HP/COM/bbs_03/aprilflsdy/ShowData.do |
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The Lemon
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 3:44 am Post subject: |
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Happy April Fools Day!
Come on guys, we can do better then that. That one is not even remotely believable. |
Sadly. It would be nice to see.
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LOL RR.
I really doubt that they can impose such a measure - they will have a serious shortage of teachers... |
A shortage at the current wages and conditions which they're used to paying, yes. But a shortage of qualified teachers might result in wages and benefits increasing to a point where qualified teachers would consider Korea over Jubail and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which are places where many well-qualified ESL'ites go now.
I figure the typical salary of 2,000,000w is only a million won short. Add in some quality vacation time, decent apartments, interest free car loans and flights back home every year, and knock off 10 hours a week of teaching time from the typical load, and watch the talent apply. |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:23 am Post subject: |
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Lemon, then where will all the womanizing alcoholic criminals go? China?
Sparkles*_* |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:39 am Post subject: |
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| The Lemon wrote: |
| JacktheCat wrote: |
Happy April Fools Day!
Come on guys, we can do better then that. That one is not even remotely believable. |
Sadly. It would be nice to see.
| tzechuk wrote: |
LOL RR.
I really doubt that they can impose such a measure - they will have a serious shortage of teachers... |
A shortage at the current wages and conditions which they're used to paying, yes. But a shortage of qualified teachers might result in wages and benefits increasing to a point where qualified teachers would consider Korea over Jubail and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which are places where many well-qualified ESL'ites go now.
I figure the typical salary of 2,000,000w is only a million won short. Add in some quality vacation time, decent apartments, interest free car loans and flights back home every year, and knock off 10 hours a week of teaching time from the typical load, and watch the talent apply. |
How many people with education degrees who have done practicums at North American / UK / Australian schools would put up with the shit at hogwans when they could teach at an international school or get a job in a remote part of Canada that is offering desperation-level wages? |
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The Lemon
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| How many people with education degrees who have done practicums at North American / UK / Australian schools would put up with the *beep* at hogwans when they could teach at an international school or get a job in a remote part of Canada that is offering desperation-level wages? |
Many, I believe, though if you increase the wages and benefits and drastically reduce the hours, as I said in my post, it would look less like a hogwon as we know and love it.
Mosey on over to the "Middle East" board and discover a whole higher level of *beep* that qualified teachers readily put up with.
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Lemon, then where will all the womanizing alcoholic criminals go? China?
Sparkles*_* |
Thailand, China and Taiwan. Until they decide they've had enough of it and go through the same conversion. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Imagine how much more illegal privates would pay! |
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Saxiif
Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: Seongnam
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| Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 1:41 am Post subject: |
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| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
Lemon, then where will all the womanizing alcoholic criminals go? China?
Sparkles*_* |
Its the next frontier! |
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