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Tefl in South Korea
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[Public schools don't pay for your flights out here (unless in some rare cases I haven't heard about??) but perhaps you were talking about hagwons? Most hagwons will. As for Tiger English - I have talked about them before so no need to revisit that!;)]
I haven't seen what you said about Tiger English but I'm curious. I dealt with Kevin and feel he did good by me. I had a couple of nice, long chats with him where he was sound out and very straight up. He got me three interview offers, I didn't even take one because I didn't like the sound of it. I got offers from the other two and even when I rejected the first one he was cool out he didn't pressure me take it or anything. He listened to my reasons and said fair enough. The job I took has as I've made obvious worked out great. Also I've met 8 or 9 teachers here in Ulsan who came out with him and all had the same experience.
[If you do your research you should have a fair idea of the type of place you could end up living in. Look up the province and try to talk to teachers who have lived there, or in similar areas. Find out about the biggest towns and the more rural areas. If you don't like what you see then don't apply. Apply for Seoul or Busan instead!!]
Seoul and Busan are very competitive to get into but in any case I wasn't looking for either of them because I didn't really want to be living in a mega city with millions of people because I knew logistics would come into play. In fact Ulsan was actually the first city that crossed my radar where I though yeah I like the sound of that. It's not so big that you're completely smothered have to trek around a lot yet it's still big enough to have a good city buzz to it. Then it's close enough to Busan and Daegu that it's easy trip in whenever you want to go. By chance then I ended up here and I love it, it's exactly as I predicted.
[You mean actual teaching?
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Haha, yeah f**k that noise.
[Haha!!! I wouldn't necessarily narrow this down to EPIK. I've met some really cool people in EPIK and some people who are.... less cool...]
Me too and I know it's a big generalization and of course there's cool EPIK heads just like there's d**khead hagwon teachers, but there's what's pretty much an EPIK bar here and I mean if you went in there and saw the carry on out of them you'd be hard pushed not to generalize too.
[Ouch!! Come on, tell the truth - EPIK rejected you?? ]
That's true they did but I left it very late to apply and had missed the first round of offers. Tried for a couple of second rounds but got no cigar. I am from Limerick though!
[Into what? Reading from a book? Or is it just pronunciation??]
Bit of both with a couple of higher level TOEFL classes - handy number really!
[But you get out and it's night time. I get out and I really do have the day to myself!! Getting up at 7am takes some getting used to and can stop you going out druing the week (now and again...;)). Then again, I can go to the gym after school and go and watch a Soccer/Baseball/Basketball game mid-week at 7pm when all the hagwon teachers are still working.]
Well Ive always been a bit of a night-owl myself to be honest. I'd never be as happy as I am now in a job where I had to get up early and go to bed early but that's different strokes I suppose!0 -
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A lot of people made their way over to Korea lately, judging by the new names in here. I hope you guys are enjoying it.
Undercover brother, don't sweat it, when you get there, you get there. I couldn't blame you for wanting to get out of Roslea though
Just a word of advice for anyone thinking about teaching / working / spending any amount of time in Cambodia.......don't, the place is a sh*thole. I've only been here a few days and I can't wait until tuesday morning to get the hell out of here and in to Vietnam.0 -
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A lot of people made their way over to Korea lately, judging by the new names in here. I hope you guys are enjoying it.
Undercover brother, don't sweat it, when you get there, you get there. I couldn't blame you for wanting to get out of Roslea though
Just a word of advice for anyone thinking about teaching / working / spending any amount of time in Cambodia.......don't, the place is a sh*thole. I've only been here a few days and I can't wait until tuesday morning to get the hell out of here and in to Vietnam.
Well cloneslad, I arrived here yday afternoon. Am in Dongtan now. Sittin in the apt waiting to be picked up for my first day at work. All going well so far, everyone seems sound, gonna do some training today and then take a couple of classes this afternoon0 -
Hi everyone, Hope you are all well.
I have just got offered a job in Avalon English school in Hwamyeong. The hours and pay are standard. I am just wondering has anyone heard about this school. i am in contact with the head teacher and he loves it and sounds great.
Google maps says its 1hr away from Busan centre, is this true?
Id like something more central but is proving more than difficult due to my Irish accent, which isn't strong at all.
The school want me out in 2 weeks, if i accept i have to go to Japan to get my visa instead. Im not too bothered about this, means a free trip to Japan even if it is only overnight 0 -
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Applications still haven't opened. Loads of time yet
Will the applications open bang on the 1st of April or will it open mid April? I'm waiting on my second letter of reference, got my first today and I got two copies of my transcripts.
I'm hoping to head home to get my BA and MA copied and apostilled, still waiting on certificate of character. The dept of foreign affairs malarkey can be done in a day (I HOPE!!)
Just a quick question about the degree copies, does it have to be copied on the exact same size page or can it be done on an A4 page. Would it have to be copied in the office that it is to be apostilled in or can it be done in a printing place?0 -
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Marsipanss wrote: »Hi everyone, Hope you are all well.
I have just got offered a job in Avalon English school in Hwamyeong. The hours and pay are standard. I am just wondering has anyone heard about this school. i am in contact with the head teacher and he loves it and sounds great.
Google maps says its 1hr away from Busan centre, is this true?
Id like something more central but is proving more than difficult due to my Irish accent, which isn't strong at all.
The school want me out in 2 weeks, if i accept i have to go to Japan to get my visa instead. Im not too bothered about this, means a free trip to Japan even if it is only overnight
Don't know the school. Avalon are a big chain but they are all different so your best bet is talking to a current foreign teacher there. I know a good few people living in Hwamyeong. It's about 35/40mins from Seomyeon (downtown Busan), 1 hour from KSU (main going out area) and about 1 hour and 25 from Haeundae (famous beach, good nightlife).0 -
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Do many teachers visit home during their contract? Also how many days holidays do you get during your contract with EPIK? excluding public holidays
I know a few Canadians and Americans who have visited home over their holidays. I get 18 holidays but you can get anywhere between 18-21 working holidays..0
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