Korean Job Discussion Forums

[VirginIslander]

If any American teaching in Korea wants to be closer to home and still live in an international setting, perhaps the VI is for you.

There are a lot of jobs and careers in education, tourism, law, retail and catering to fat American tourist. Several cruise ships stop by daily to drop off thousand of tourists, who spend money on booze, diamond, jewlery, etc....

The diamond industry is huge. My friend was offered a job at $60,000 per year.

Also, there is a strong demand for quality teachers in the private schools. The money is not good but if you are a good teacher in math or science, you could tutor for $30-$50 per hour. You do not need teaching qualifications to teach in the private schools. Plus, teachers, who stick around for more than a year, are highly respected. Parents organized birthday parties for me, bought me rounds and meals, etc....

Plus, the VI is very diverse. In my class alone, I had Blacks, Frenchies, East Indians, Trinidadians, Puerto Ricans, Palestinians, Jamicans, Poles and Chinese. My favorite student: Khalil Chung. A black, chinese arab.

The scenery is unbelievable. And you can sail to several other islands.
I sailed 350 miles to Trinidad with two friends, and I had limited sailing experience.

Most Americans do not know about living in our islands, and we should keep it that way. If you are interested, visit

www.vimovingcenter.com

Bob

[merlot]

[Wangja]

I read somewhere that after Gunter Kamp visited, the name was changed to "The Islands".

[billybrobby]

[VirginIslander]

Busted? No.

The purpose of my first message was to establish a comparison for all those whining suburanites who complain about the trials and tribulations of teaching in Korea. Boo Hoo.

The VI is like most American major cities. There is a large disparity between rich and poor; lots of crime and lots of peace.

All those horrible incidents happend to people who were in the wrong areas at the wrong time (except for the molestation, but as implied, that was not official). The pole incident: male alone, after dark on local beach. Death of tourists: drunk late night, wrong area. Brick and getting jumped incident: forbidden area. Gun shots and pot: my school was in the ghetto.

I chose to live and work in the ghetto. However, like many of my friends, I could have worked in the tourist/expat areas, hung out at tourist/expat friendly beaches and bars and lived in expat communites, which were relatively insulated and safe. But, I didn't and that made the experience so much more memorable.

"Coldesac Culture Kids" its called econonic stratification. I am glad that both of postings provided you with a glimpse of the reality of most societies.

[John Henry]

Mmm, so what kind of jobs are available (other than retail clerk)?

Do they need esl teachers?

[huffdaddy]

[dogbert]

Ethnic Groups:

black 78%, white 10%, other 12%

http://www.vimovingcenter.com/statistics/

[SuperFly]

I've been to St Thomas!

Got some weed in the KFC!

I have a buddy that is going down to Panama to look at 35 acres for 80K fully functioning farm...interesting stuff.

[VirginIslander]

"Ethnic Groups:

black 78%, white 10%, other 12%"

If you are from the states or Candada, don't think of people as just black, white or other.

In the VI, Black includes native ST Thomians, Haitians, St Lucians, Dominicans, some Puerto Ricans, and people from other islands. And dont forget the tendency of people of mixed African and other ancestry to answer black on a census because of the nature of close-ended questions. For example, one of my student's father was an East Indian Triny who married an ethnic Carib in Santo Domingo, and whose decendents married spanish/blacks. He just answers black on a census.

White includes Frenchies (who argue that they are not white but native Islander--French arrogance, I guess), expats, Europeans immigrants.

Other includes East Indians, Arabs and Asians.

[Tiger Beer]

[otis]