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Tome · Joined: 12 Jun 2005

#. 2
1. School address? Ilsan, Kyunggi
2. Available: within July
3. Numbers of foreign teachers at school? 4
4. Student age? Elementary ~ adult
5. Class size? 10~12
6. Teaching hours (class schedules please)? 6hours teaching bewteen Am10:00~ Pm10:00
2hours is one class three times a day.
7. Saturday class? No class
8. Distance between accommodation and the school? 5~10min
9. Salary range? 2.0 million
10. Health insurance coverage? Yes
11. Description of accommodation? Sharing or Dorm
12. Round trip air ticket? Yes

Haggled with them for single accomodation and 2.1 million, Islan sounds really nice, is it quite near to the busy areas of Seoul, as I'm a city boy

Thanks for all your help guys n gals

Grotto · Joined: 21 Mar 2004

#. 2
1. School address? Ilsan, Kyunggi
2. Available: within July
3. Numbers of foreign teachers at school? 4

Again ask for emails and contact #'s

4. Student age? Elementary ~ adult
5. Class size? 10~12
6. Teaching hours (class schedules please)? 6hours teaching bewteen Am10:00~ Pm10:00

3 two hour classes spread over 12 hour days Shocked

do the math....you will be putting in 50 hours a week for your cash....burnout city IMHO

2hours is one class three times a day.
7. Saturday class? No class
8. Distance between accommodation and the school? 5~10min
9. Salary range? 2.0 million
10. Health insurance coverage? Yes
11. Description of accommodation? Sharing or Dorm

Never do shared accomodations. Dorm also sucks.

12. Round trip air ticket? Yes

Haggled with them for single accomodation and 2.1 million, Islan sounds really nice, is it quite near to the busy areas of Seoul, as I'm a city boy

peppermint · Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 2:07 am Post subject:

Two hours is a very long time to hold a kids attention, especially when you're talking about foreign language instruction. Ask for details on how that works.

AS well, ask about the schedule, and wether or not you have to be at the school during the hours you mentioned if you aren't teaching.

The accomodations seem a little. . .off to me. Dorm?

Badmojo · Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 2:15 am Post subject:

You got 30 hours a week teaching time.

You take a pass.

Dan The Chainsawman · Joined: 05 May 2005

I live in Ilsan, whats the school name?

Trust me alot better places to work than 30 class hours a week. Specially since your the paid clown.

denverdeath · Joined: 21 May 2005 Location: Boo-sahn

Ask if they (ever) block the shifts. If not, you will be a zombie within 2-3 months. It's nice to be able to have some relaxation/preparation time between a couple of classes, but it's also nice to be at the workplace for a minimal amount of hours.

I'm with the other posters' viewpoints.

Tome · Joined: 12 Jun 2005

Its LMC language school and the deal is

class 10-12
break12-4
class 4-6
break 6-8
class 8-10

it sounds a bit shit to me but central seoul seems to be hard to come by for a Brit

sheba · Joined: 16 May 2005 Location: Here there and everywhere!

I personally would never go for that schedule... but it's all personal choice I guess.

Dan The Chainsawman · Joined: 05 May 2005

Thats like spitting distance from my prisoner of war camp.

Piece of advice Tome... Nancy Reygan said it, "JUST SAY NO!"

Everytime I see the foreign teachers they look like someone kicked them in the balls, or other applicable lower nether parts. I really do not know anyone from that Hagwon, however, I do suspect the reason for that is I doubt anyone stays very long.

Of course it could be a different LMC, but who dee heck knows.

Tome · Joined: 12 Jun 2005

Cheers Dan,

understood !

Nice and simple