Korean Job Discussion Forums

[JeJuJitsu]

Just curious. I teach at a HS, and teach the middle school across the street for Winter & Summer Camp, but the middle school can't find a teacher for this next year. Since I'll be teaching only 14 classes this upcoming year (7 last year), I said to the middle school head teacher, "Hey, since you can't find a teacher, pay me an additional salary and I'll teach both schools, just work out a schedule with the HS."

Of course, in typical Korean fashion, anything out of the normal did not compute, so I told her to think about it. All together, I'd teach 22 hours at the middle school, 14 at the HS, for a total of 36. I wouldn't mind the schedule--it'd be slightly more work than a hagwon, but I'd still be getting the long vactations, so I'll have recovery time. I'm guessing they won't do it just because then a foreigner would earn 4.5+ a month, but just wondering, as it seems many of the schools are set up the same way all around Korea--elementary school near the middle school, middle school near the high school. Anyone here offered to kill 2 birds with 1 stone for them and have it work?

Just wondering, thanks.

[gsxr750r]

This was my plan.

I was going to work 2 public school jobs, or uni and public school, and rake in the big bucks.

It didn't work out that way. I interviewed at my uni, where they promised me I could do such outside work with approval. I was hired, and then 2 months later when I found the right public school gig, I was flat-out denied approval. Turns out my boss overpromised just to get me to sign.

Some Koreans don't like sharing their slave. Our administration doesnt. I got so angry with my boss over it, she almost went into tears.

[rawiri]

Same for me, i had the chance to get an extra 160 000 A WEEK for four hours. I already legally work at 2 public schools and i had a hook up at a local high school for the extra cash. One principal said he didn't mind but the other principal said it was a no go, i'm still a bit pissed about it. His excuse was i would get too "tired".

[Horangi Munshin]

I work at two public schools but they are in my contract. Both of them are very small elementary schools.

[Len8]

Gsxr750r you should have threatened to resign, or better still you should have gone over her head to the academic dean or something. I guarantee you would have gotten your permission. You could have said " Ok bi---, f--- you I am outta here" . Of course you don't use those exact phrases, but you could have at least given her the message

No Korean has a right to deny you money outa sour grapes man. Geeze

F--- EM

[TheUrbanMyth]

I work at a elementary school and my VP and the Principal of the middle school across the road wanted me to teach at the middle school as well (because "I seemed bored because I have so much free time")

I said "No thanks."

So it depends on the situation. Some adminstrations don't mind (or will even encourage it) others won't like it.

It's got nothing to do with how much the foreigner earns (I would have been making 4 million a month easy....but while I enjoy teaching I also value my free time..and would have little time to make lesson plans.)

[rawiri]

You have to be kidding? You would have been making 4 million but passed it up for "free time" What does your free time entail?, it better be something pretty damn good.

[gsxr750r]

[TheUrbanMyth]

Yeah but I also would have been working close to forty hours a week as well...more like 50+(including Saturdays) when you factor lesson plans and prep into it. Just not worth it. Plus I'm already well on the way to "making my pile" so as to speak. Generally speaking one doesn't get rich by teaching Not to mention that when you do so many lessons the quality of your teaching suffers(unless you're SuperTeacher) I'm sure you've experienced that at hakwons. If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right.

Just my personal opinion but I think that people who come here solely for the money are either:

A) People who shouldn't be here.

B) People who don't know how to make REAL money.

Getting into teaching with the idea of becoming rich (I'm talking rich by 1st world standards) is one of the dumbest ideas in the world. Maybe there are a few, but even teachers back home who are making more money than us aren't considered rich. Sure I guess you could (if you are very lucky/greedy) work 60 hours a week and make 7-10 million won/month ...but at what cost to your personal life? Personally I'd rather make time to enjoy life than make money. But to each his own.

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[rawiri]

Money is a big factor for me. If i had as much to do in my freetime here as i did back home, it wouldn't be, but considering the dirth of recreational hobbies/activities available, i would rather be bringing in the bucks.

[TheUrbanMyth]

[rawiri]

I hear you, it's nice that you make an effort to hang out and get involved in such activities. I ticked off a couple of them but not many.
Back home- (in no particular order) Golf (real...like with grass and sand traps...all the usual things associated with the sport) gym, The beach, taking the dog to the beach, taking your girlfriend to the beach, surfing/boogieboarding/swimming, touch rugby with mates, rugby rugby with mates, rugby league with mates, backyard cricket, indoor cricket, hallway cricket, messing round with cars, driving messed round cars, trashing messed round cars in farmers empty paddocks, mountain biking, fishing, hiking, mountain biking up a hiking trail with your fishing rod, pig hunting, deer hunting, rabbit hunting, poetry reading, rock and roll dance clubs, salsa dance clubs, recreational skin diving, recreational scuba diving, softball, reading, socialising, getting boozed off your face and heading out with your pals then scoring some random honey, getting stoned off your face and eating greasy fatty food while watching a few videos, getting pilled off your face and dancing the night away and falling in love with some random honey, alcoholics anonymous, narcotics anonymous, over eaters anonymous packing up your car and taking a road trip anywhere you want to go, all manner of public group meetings (jaycees, rotary etc).

Anyways, just a few things off the top of my head.

[Pak Yu Man]

Free time is worth it to me. I could be making much better money now, immigration found out about our illegal outgoing profs. I might pick up a few hours for 80k an hour but they're always out of the city.

I can join clubs/classes at the uni.
I could even start a hapkido club if I wanted too.
You need to find what you want. Lots of $$ or lots of free time?

[driftingfocus]

[driftingfocus]