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jadarite
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
Location: Andong, Yeongyang, Seoul, now Pyeongtaek
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 Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:49 pm Post subject: Rural area compared to city positions |
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What are the pros and cons to working in a rural area as opposed to cities like Seoul and Incheon?
Are there any rural areas people know of that teachers should avoid going to? |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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Easy really,
Are you young dumb and full of cum, fresh out of uni and still not able to speak without using 'dude' every other word? If so the rural life may be a bit harsh on you.
If you are capable of living in isolation, not speaking or really having any sort of interactions with other foreigners then life is great. Can be a little dull but it's what you make of it. |
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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject: Rural |
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Compared to Canada, Australia, or the US, nowhere in South Korea is truly remote & rural.
I got a 100k monthly allowance for working in an area defined as 'remote', because it was 50 km from Seoul. But it only took me 90 minutes to get into Seoul. I was expecting a small country town with just a post office, one hotel & 6-8 houses, same as Oz. Instead, I got a large country town with Lotteria, Paris Baguette, several pizza parlours & high rise apartment buildings. |
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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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I get the extra Rural allowance and I'm in Masan.
Plus a provincial allowance. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| cbclark4 wrote: |
I get the extra Rural allowance and I'm in Masan.
Plus a provincial allowance. |
I get the rural allowance, I work at a country school and I live in Bundang (300 meters from Seohyun station) and I commute 20 minutes to work in the morning.
It is 20-30 minutes by bus to Itaewon and 30-40 minutes to get to Jongno. The bus to Jamshil takes 35 minutes and like I said, I am 300 meters from the subway. Just for comparason - it takes 50 minutes to get from Gangdong (in Seoul) to Itaewon and more than an hour to get to Sinchon.
GET SPECIFICS before you write off a "RURAL" school.
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ceesgetdegrees
Joined: 12 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:19 pm Post subject: Re: Rural |
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| chris_J2 wrote: |
Compared to Canada, Australia, or the US, nowhere in South Korea is truly remote & rural.
I got a 100k monthly allowance for working in an area defined as 'remote', because it was 50 km from Seoul. But it only took me 90 minutes to get into Seoul. I was expecting a small country town with just a post office, one hotel & 6-8 houses, same as Oz. Instead, I got a large country town with Lotteria, Paris Baguette, several pizza parlours & high rise apartment buildings. |
Albeit, living in a rural area can really blow. The locals look tend to look at you with a lot more suspicion, are generally ruder, it's near impossible to hook up with any chicks as none speak english, the food really sucks at school and starts sucking at the local native restaurants after a couple of months of eating the same crap, the other waygooks can be a real mixed bag, acess to good gyms can be a real issue, life can become incredibly tedious unless you like going on group outings with koreans to look at native flowers and the like. I advise against it unless you are really motivated to save cash, to the extent of being willing to forgo your sanity for it. |
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Dome Vans
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:34 pm Post subject: Re: Rural |
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| ceesgetdegrees wrote: |
| chris_J2 wrote: |
Compared to Canada, Australia, or the US, nowhere in South Korea is truly remote & rural.
I got a 100k monthly allowance for working in an area defined as 'remote', because it was 50 km from Seoul. But it only took me 90 minutes to get into Seoul. I was expecting a small country town with just a post office, one hotel & 6-8 houses, same as Oz. Instead, I got a large country town with Lotteria, Paris Baguette, several pizza parlours & high rise apartment buildings. |
Albeit, living in a rural area can really blow. The locals look tend to look at you with a lot more suspicion, are generally ruder, it's near impossible to hook up with any chicks as none speak english, the food really sucks at school and starts sucking at the local native restaurants after a couple of months of eating the same crap, the other waygooks can be a real mixed bag, acess to good gyms can be a real issue, life can become incredibly tedious unless you like going on group outings with koreans to look at native flowers and the like. I advise against it unless you are really motivated to save cash, to the extent of being willing to forgo your sanity for it. |
Agree with Chris_J2 more here. You think it's gonna be somewhere tiny, but you'll be pleasantly surprised. I get 200k extra for being out in the sticks. Although my city has 60 000 people. I doubt that the locals are ruder than in the city. Being in a city with a uni means there is no problem to hook up with chicks. Most of what ceesgetdegrees can apply to any rural area in the world. And by the sounds of it didn't enjoy his jaunt out in the country. If you like the idea of living in the city in your own country then then you'll probably like it here. If you prefer to live in the country at home then do it here.
For my two pence, I wanted to be near the beach. It's only 15kms from here so no probs. |
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mountainous
Joined: 04 Sep 2007
Location: Los Angeles
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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I hear that the air is cleaner outside of Seoul.
Lots of people say that it is better NOT to exercise in Seoul, but that sort of sounds like an excuse! |
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