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⌈ Secret Post #2432 ⌋

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[Leverage]

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[Dragon Ball Z]

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[John Cusack, Say Anything]

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[Arrested Development]

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[Star Wars]

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[Easy A]

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[Star Trek]

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10. http://i.imgur.com/XrNzg6P.jpg
[link for porny art, illustrated]

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11. [SPOILERS for Twin Peaks]

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12. [SPOILERS for dangan ronpa, fire emblem awakening, pokemon special, and gatchaman crowds]

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13. [SPOILERS for Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan]

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14. [WARNING for abuse/incest/non-con]

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I'm the anon who suggested the TaLK program to you--ask any questions you have!

I was pretty low on cash when I came; I came almost two years ago, when the program still paid for your flight up-front (or I might not have been able to afford to come), but nowadays you have to pay for the flight--although I suppose you could borrow enough for the flight, they reimburse you (1.3million won, and you can get a one-way ticket for less) as soon as your Korean acct gets set up. Similarly, they recommend you have about 1,000USD to tide you over before your first paycheck, but I had WAY less than that and I was okay. You just gotta stay in when everyone else goes out to get shitfaced, and eat ramen until that first paycheck comes in. :P

What were your educational requirements? What other requirements did you have?
Where did you teach exactly?
What is teaching like (Did you have to make a curriculum, what about grading)?
Where did you live (neighborhood and house)?
What were the most jarring differences?

Thank you for answering any of these questions!

Requirements; to be a native english speaker + 2 years of university. (I personally have a BS already but most people are still in school)

I taught in Jeollanamdo, in a rural elementary school--the TaLK program is aimed towards underprivileged and underperforming rural elementary schools.

My program was afterschool; the school I taught at didn't give me a curriculum, and the kids weren't graded; some schools have different policies (for example some scholars teach curriculum classes in addition to the usual afterschool clases). We do a lot of games, crafts, phonics, basics really.

For the first year I lived in a homestay in the nearest metropolis (v. convenient to live but transport to work was a nightmare), for the second in a small city nearer to my school. Some people live on school grounds.

Biggest difference was how homogenous the country is. Korea is like 99% non-foreign, and most of the foreigners are still Asian. Also, cultural things, obviously...like because of the confucian background, there is a strong heirarchy in society, both on the negative side (as the junior teacher some people get kinda shat on), the positive side (people really are very nice and civilized, and crime is amazingly low), and the it-could-go-either-way side (grandmas on the bus will pet my hair or stroke my arm, telling me that my skin is like milk. They treat you like their real kid, lol)

No worries! Glad to help any way I can. ^^

How did you get to work? How is public transit? I don't really want to buy/rent a car.

Public transport is amazing. There are buses EVERYWHERE, and dead cheap too. (like a dollar per ride, less with a transportation card) Some people take trains, some people get rides from other teachers who have cars. Renting cars is hella expensive, you can get a car for cheap from another expat, but really public transport's all you need.

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