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Yelman · Joined: 10 Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, Ill USA

after being Bangkok 6 years...ill take to the country side.

tell me more

poet13 · Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 3:19 pm Post subject:

perhaps a kindred soul?

-the air is clean.
-if you make a good impression, the people can be wonderful, friendly and sometimes go out of their way to welcome and help you.
-people are less cynical and suspicious
-a respectful nod and a smile is almost always returned.
-you still get blindingly fast internet connections (this IS korea after all)
-while the rate of pay may be marginally lower the cost of living is also lower. (unless you're in EPIK, then you get some rural bonus).
-crime rate is lower
-you can go to the big city to play on weekends if you live in the country, but if you live in the city, you are unlikely to go to the country to play on weekends...
hope that helps...

Yelman · Joined: 10 Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, Ill USA

im hearing all this stuff about korea...good and bad....but i not hearing what school needs a teacher

poet13 · Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:16 pm Post subject:

you didnt ask what school needs a teacher. you said, "tell me more".
jobs are in the jobs section of Daves.

jinks · Joined: 27 Oct 2004 Location: Formerly: Lower North Island

Hyeon Een · Joined: 24 Jun 2005

Country jobs don't necessarily pay less. Before starting my current job one of the offers I didn't acccept was working in a hagwan in the country (Hadong in Jeollanamdo). The offer was 2.3 for working 4 days a week (monday to thursday). Seemed like a pretty good deal.

If you do decide to live in the country you'll be much happier if you have a car or motorbike. (I'm assuming you mean proper 'country' here, not a city of 500,000 or something which is still called 'country' by Koreans from big cities.. (and foreigners living in Seoul..))

Peter Jackson · Joined: 23 Apr 2006

I only had just over two years in the Big Mango and that was too much! Smile

Also a lot of time in Seoul and Saigon. Now I am happy to be in the country...

My salary isn't any lower than it would be in Seoul.

As for jobs, there are lots in the public schools. I'm in Gyeongi do, not on the subway line and 30 minutes from the nearest "city". Seoul isn't too far away but having a car would certainly be nice.

inspector gadget · Joined: 11 Apr 2003 Location: jeollanam-do in the boonies

I work in the countryside here in korea and I like it. I was hired directly by both my middle school and the county itself. Salary is much higher than the regular 2 million won, you hold the cards, not that many foriegners want to live in the sticks so you can negotiate alot more I think. Couple the higher salary and the lower cost of living equals more saving potential. Fresh air, no crowds, drawbacks can include limited foriegn goods to purchase and the lack of other foriegners but thats what the occaional weekend getaways are for.

If you want countryside I would suggest public schools for reliability reasons

poet13 · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:56 am Post subject:

Its nice to hear the country salaries are good. I had only heard previously that they were lower. Yeah!!!

JZer · Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Location: South Korea

JZer · Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Location: South Korea

I don't mind the country side but my salary is lower than the average. I even joined the local adult baseball league. The one advantage is that you can really get to know Koreans in the country side if you take the time to learn some Korean!

Yelman · Joined: 10 Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, Ill USA

wheres the beef?

liehtzu · Joined: 24 Mar 2003 Location: the sticks, Korea

It's possible to work in the countryside and make a pretty sizeable chunk more than what a lot of folks slumming it in sketchy hagwons in the cities. And countryside, countryside, man. Strawberry fields and rice paddies - everyone's dad's a farmer. Chill as can be, but isolated. Staff and students are often much nicer than the city slickers, but don't count on having many friends. If you can hack being alone with not much to do and are cool with weekends as your only time out, bring a stack of books and stake a claim.