Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Danny]

Hi,
I've just finished a year's contract at DDD here in Hongseong. My boss is recruiting now to replace me. If you are offered a contract here and would like a heads up, feel free to PM me. I'll let you know about the ups and downs.......

[fidel]

How about just posting it here for all to read.

[mishlert]

[fidel]

[Yu_Bum_suk]

The vast majority of chains like this are crap run by morons, so take your chances if you wish.

[mindmetoo]

Probably one of the best names ever for a hagwon.

[steroidmaximus]

actually, the OP says he'd share the ups and downs, so we can assume some good things will be said as well.

Hongseong? Do you mean Heongsong? Near Camp Eagle?

[tomato]

Hello, !

No, the OP means Hongseong.
In hangul, that's ȫ��, and it is in the province of �泲.
I know, because I lived in Hongseong and I met him there.

Hello, !

I can tell you about the city. Since I came to Korea, it is the smallest town I have lived in. It is the only town where I saw someone I knew every time I went to town. The children must have told their friends about me, because I frequently had children I didn't even know teasing me by calling me �丶��.

Shortly after I moved away, I had a crying spell before class. I thought I made my grief invisible by washing my face, but one of the students said, "Teacher. Sad." When I asked her how she knew, she said that my eyes were red.

I can also tell you a little bit about the school. It has a flat roof, and it makes efficient use of the space by having a playground up there. (In Kumi, I lived in an apartment house with a flat roof. The children had to play in the parking lot. I wondered why the landlord didn't fence in the roof and put a playground up there.)

The director seems to be a smart businessperson. On the first day of the school year, the teachers at my school stood outside the elementary school and passed out advertising brochures to the parents. When I walked home, I saw that Ding Ding Dang had party decorations out front and had kids running around with bilingual nametags. I was mortified.

The Ding Ding Dang chain is alleged to have a set curriculum all laid out. That's convenient if you like that sort of thing, but I prefer to employ my own wild and crazy ideas.

If you are offered a job at the school two blocks away, don't sign anything without first writing to me.

Hello, !

The OP was one of three local foreign teachers who spent their free time learning hapgido at a local academy. Those foreign teachers did a very impressive demonstration of their hapgido skill at the Children's Day festival. Moreover, they seemed to be quite an inspiration to their puerile classmates--even the ones who have earned higher belts.

I think it is safe to say that all three of those foreign teachers would score above average on an IQ test.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

Hello, !

The OP was one of three local foreign teachers who spent their free time learning hapgido at a local academy. Those foreign teachers did a very impressive demonstration of their hapgido skill at the Children's Day festival. Moreover, they seemed to be quite an inspiration to their puerile classmates--even the ones who have earned higher belts.

I think it is safe to say that all three of those foreign teachers would score above average on an IQ test.[/quote]

I think it's safe to say that the average DDD wongjongnim and Korean supervisor wouldn't.

[Danny]

Ah, yes, that was me! Sorry Tomato, I didn't realise we had met!