Are there any English teachers in Korea that want to share their experience?

Question

Two things:

1. I want to know what are the good things and bad things about living in Korea.

2. What are the chances of a brown skinned person hooking up with a Korean chick (SoCal Mexican)

Answer 1

Good things about Korea:

Public Transporation is cheap and plentiful
Sushi is cheap
People are friendlier
Taxis are cheap
Internet is blazing fast
There is a church on every street corner

Bad things about Korea

Korean music
People can't drive for the life of them
Korean music
They run red lights
Korean music
No Mexican food (I'm from 818, so I know. Our raza has it rough here)
and Korean music

Korean women are extremely hard to get at first but I found that if you learn the language, they open up. Also, join a church and offer to teach English and Spanish for free. They will see you as an asset to their church and someone will introduce you to their daughter as a token of their gratitude.

Just remember, in the Korean culture, respect MUST BE EARNED. It can not be obtained in some lawsuit. As a foreigner, you must prove to the people that you are able to contribute to their culture and their way of life. They will be hard as stone to you at first, they were to me, but a little bit of effort goes a long way. Learn the language and repect their culture and the Korean ladies will look for you.

Stay Raza baby!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

My husband and I have been in Korea nearly 5 months and we totally love it. The people are friendly, the food delicious and the sights amazing. I haven't had any problems but other people have. It depends on the school you sign with. My boss and her family have treated us amazingly! My work hours are fair, my pay and apartment are great. Other people aren't so lucky. The key is to research-research-research the school. Make sure you talk to the current/former teachers. Talk to a few of them if you can. Also check out Dave's ESL Cafe, there's a whole forum on working korea and you can get great info about cities/schools from the forums.

As for number 2... I don't know how to answer that... I really hope that isn't your entire reason for wanting to come to Korea. I find that korean girls are pretty much like girls everywhere, if you are polite, respectful and a gentlemen they will be interested.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Good things:

People are gracious and courteous
People are very unified in thought and social behavior.
Lifestyle is simple.
Food is delicious, lots of variety, healthy.
Very friendly and open towards foreigners who speak English.
Beautiful, slender Korean women who do not have obesity problems.


Bad things:

Individuality and freedom of expression is not a good thing with the Korean culture.

Adjusting to bathrooms(different set-up, toilets are different sometimes in subways, sometimes its a bring your toilet paper policy)

If you are not used to veggie diet or spicy stuff...you may have problems with diarrhea or other funky gastro problems.


In workplace, it is extremely hierarchical, it takes some time to adjust to . Sometimes as a foreigner you feel like killing someone but then restrain.

If you speak English everyone wants to language exchange for free!!! Very bad thing.

Clothing size can be problematic. Clothes are very small for both men and women.

Answer 4

As others have stated, it isn't effortless however it may be performed. It's quite a neighborhood hindrance so drill down on getting a special process in a special position. Looking on the colossal photo will simplest depress you. Part of the entire 'local speaker' advertising and marketing ploy is that pupils pay extra, a lot more, for purchasing 'truly' overseas academics. How do they recognize you are 'truly', it is your race. Yes it is discriminatory and sure it is infantile however that is the way in which it's. Persevere and you are going to get a role! I've visible many do it in the event that they caught with it. BTW the reverse is correct wherein I are living. The present politically right language instructing doctrine is 'anti-local speaker-ism'. The neighborhood college board is not going to rent white, local-audio system of English to instruct within the govt funded ESL programme for grownup immigrants to Canada. All of the lecturers are immigrants themselves, entire with accents. The notion is to debunk local-speaker-ism because the regular the pupils must aspire to. Personally, if I went to Moscow to research Russian, I do not believe I'd be too blissful if all my academics got here from India or China and weren't local audio system of Russian. Apparently, in Canada this makes me a racist and a bigot conveniently in view that I used to be a local-speaker-of-English white male. It additionally made me unemployable. In my mid-50s I needed to throw away 30 years of worldwide TESOL enjoy, 3 levels and all my guides to return to college so I might receives a commission employment in a utterly unrelated discipline. What a waste of human and academic capital! I recognize only a few TESLers who have come again to Canada and been competent to hold on this discipline besides on a hunger-degree agreement-to-agreement lifestyles. My ordinary factor then is that race is a component far and wide on this planet of TESOL even wherein you would not assume it.

Answer 5

Are you still thinking about joining a cult? Please do not join a cult in korea! I lived in korea Tague for a year i was paid $100 an hour to teach english. also, the korean girls will like you without joining a cult. they have married some very ugly american soldiers. they will probably want to come to the us though. also, please dont beat my face in like you said you wanted to do on my other postings. sorry if i hurt your feelings.