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28 November 2005

Ask MeCha: Should I take a job teaching English to elementary school kids in South Korea?

post by: sciurus at: 08:18 | 20 comments

Yes.

posted by seanyboy 28 November | 09:09

Yes.

posted by Hugh Janus 28 November | 09:18

Ask Him

posted by anastasiav 28 November | 09:48

Why not? (on preview, ask more from stavros)

posted by keijo 28 November | 09:49

no. teach english to elementary school kids in poland, instead.

posted by sam 28 November | 09:54

I thought about sending stav an email, and probably will once I get home, but he might stop by here first.

There seems to be some consensus that teaching English in a foreign country is a Good Thing To Do At Your Age™.

posted by sciurus 28 November | 10:04

My mom says there's a lot of Koreans in Korea.

posted by jonmc 28 November | 10:19

No. Teach Korean to English elementary kids in the South.

(More information? What are your choices?)

posted by LarryC 28 November | 10:25

Actually, Stavros has an essay on his site somewhere that goes to great lengths about all the ins and outs etc. Um...MeFi is down....can't remember the URL...'emptybottle' is it?

posted by peacay 28 November | 10:33

Don't go if it's just because "it's the thing to do at your age." Have you travelled much already?

Do you love kimchee (sp?)?

posted by MightyNez 28 November | 10:35

I'm not well-travelled and currently my options consist of South Korea, South Korea or continuing cubetrolldom. Stav's site is, in fact, emptybottle.org, peacay.

That Kimchi dude on MeFi was hilarious.

posted by sciurus 28 November | 11:02

what about Japan?

posted by amberglow 28 November | 11:07

too many Japanese people.

posted by jonmc 28 November | 11:16

Japanese people are cool (and they're better to foreigners among them than Koreans, i hear--less discrimination)

posted by amberglow 28 November | 11:20

I hear the cost of living is astronomical though. An interesting fact, most Japanese-born folks of Korean descent are still considered legal aliens.

posted by sciurus 28 November | 11:27

(it was a joke, amber, you foolish gai-jin)

posted by jonmc 28 November | 11:28

There are some good (relevant) blog posts here from an American ex-pat who has been doing this for a couple of months now.

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 28 November | 12:12

Yes.

posted by deborah 28 November | 13:50

I can tell you from years of experience that teaching English in a Japanese junior high is awesome.

posted by Hugh Janus 28 November | 13:56

I agree with Hugh. If you like Korean culture, teach there. If you like Japanese culture, teach there.
(Also taught Japanese junior high kids.)

posted by ArsncHeart 28 November | 17:30

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