Teaching English Abroad

[Richard Hakluyt]

2.5 million you say?

Certainly sounds good 

[HisMajestyBOB]

Nice
Bet the apartments cheaper too

Oh, and have fun with all the giggling and color pink

No. It got two full rooms plus the laundry room and bathroom with cable, internet and water thrown in for a total of 500k. District only covers 400k, me and school will split the extra 100k. I don't mind, I'm pulling in 2.5 million per month plus 100k for being "rural".

Got to do a vacation on short planning. How 'bout I hang with you in Shanghai? My vacation will be January 21-Feb1st

Sure. I haven't really explored the bars and stuff much yet sadly. Various crap keep distracting me, like getting my internet working.

I'll have days off around Chinese New Year, which is sometime in late Jan, I think? Also a couple of days around New Years Day, but some of that might be nixed due to training, winter camp, or some crap.

My school will undergo construction, giving me days off - that will start Dec 26 and last a week or two or three.

I'm thinking about going to Thailand, Indonesia or someplace with nice beaches for scuba diving and stuff around Chinese New Year. I'd want to do about a week there, so we could coordinate and meet up there. Shanghai is only slightly warmer than Korea in winter, but manages to somehow be drearier. Must be the constant cloud cover and/or smog.

And your salary makes me sad.

[The Brain]

Living in the center of a town of 40k

The Emperor protects.

[jimmy olsen]

My gas got cut off last night! This morning was so cold!

[jimmy olsen]

Sure. I haven't really explored the bars and stuff much yet sadly. Various crap keep distracting me, like getting my internet working.

I'll have days off around Chinese New Year, which is sometime in late Jan, I think? Also a couple of days around New Years Day, but some of that might be nixed due to training, winter camp, or some crap.

My school will undergo construction, giving me days off - that will start Dec 26 and last a week or two or three.

I'm thinking about going to Thailand, Indonesia or someplace with nice beaches for scuba diving and stuff around Chinese New Year. I'd want to do about a week there, so we could coordinate and meet up there. Shanghai is only slightly warmer than Korea in winter, but manages to somehow be drearier. Must be the constant cloud cover and/or smog.

Sounds good. How about Vietnam?

Facebook me with details.

[jimmy olsen]

Here's a good map even though it uses the old translation system.

I live in Cochiwon (now called Jochiwon) in South Chungchong (Chungnam)

[mongers]

:blinks:

Holy shit did the world just turn upside down; Tim posts a realistic map.  :blinks:*2

[HisMajestyBOB]

I used to live just above the G in Goyang.

[Josquius]

South Chungchong (Chungnam)

See why they changed that, sounds like a racist slur against east asians.
Though I notice it is actually west not south...

[jimmy olsen]

South Chungchong (Chungnam)

See why they changed that, sounds like a racist slur against east asians.
Though I notice it is actually west not south...

They use the same suffix as Cholla and Kyongsan, so that's an accurate translation even though it doesn't make sense.

[jimmy olsen]

Logistical constraints mean that Thailand/Cambodia or Vietnam are off the table.

Me HMBOB are off to Taiwan!

[HisMajestyBOB]

I hope I don't get detained there or on my return. 

[jimmy olsen]

Correcting essays for a contest on "People, Animals and Society".

There are only so many sob stories in broken English about how my dog/cat died from cancer a man can take!

[Ideologue]

I used to live just above the G in Goyang.

It must be hell on traffic.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Correcting essays for a contest on "People, Animals and Society".

There are only so many sob stories in broken English about how my dog/cat died from cancer a man can take!

Any "my parents cooked my dog for dinner" stories yet?

And I want to note that I now really like teaching younger kids more than older kids. Kindergarten and pre-K kids are always motivated and, except for a few who are spoiled rotten at home, easy to keep disciplined. Take my summer courses: the kids in my Storytellers course (5-6 years old) are excited and happy to do the activities, especially anything that keeps them active and movie. It's fun! Then the teens and preteens in my other course (~12-15 years old) are low-level, bored even by videos and create activities, and refuse to do anything where they have to get up or be active.