Our son Teaching English in Korea

This is our son's Kindergarden class in Korea. These kids are fluent in two languages at the ripe age of 6!

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[kireiichi]

It's said that it is $28,000 USD but cost of living and taxes is so low 4.3% (here in the US it's 21%) and some job offers pay for your flight and rent. Most people end up saving more than half of the money with out even trying, so I'd say it's pretty decent. ;)

[JapanMonkeyHunter]

oh...no..

dont think like thet..

thet's only like kinder..

[EmoGirlLovsU]

When i was 6, I was speaking three languages and learning my fourth. American... Im from america. Korean... my grandparents are full korean, Spanish... my moms part columbian. I just had to learn. Its hard going from korean to english cause of the sentence structure.

[kireiichi]

@asiadreamin thank you. =)

[maym86]

We've started a TEFL social network where we are trying to build a community of TEFL teachers around the world to meet and share experiences and tips. If anyone is interested take a look at tefl-me.com. It covers lots of areas and has a blog, forum groups individual profiles and a map to indicate your location in the world to help you meet other TEFL teacher when you are on the other side of the world. We have a group relating to Korea including discussions about first timers in korea & culture.

[kireiichi]

@asiadreamin I noticed that it's next to the montreal province, am I able to get by speaking english or should I learn some french first?

[kireiichi]

@asiadreamin what part of Canada is it? I want to visit there also. ^^

[Nonghyupful]

Little frogs

[brainsmoothy]

@tokee1234567 I know about the law and there is nothing bad about societal reform. that grades are the only measurement for college admittance is an absurd notion, dictated by corporate entities. nothing bad can come of the law. the fact remains that classrooms have too many students. this problem isn't particular to South Korea. The teachers will probably ignore the law as much as possible until a better system is established. Gangsamnam-do's government will resist any policy from Seoul..

[tokee1234567]

@brainsmoothy btw, South Korea just made a new law saying that hitting in schools is forbidden. they've only set that in Seoul (capital city) to see how it goes.. and so far it has been really bad. Kids rather wish they were hit instead of being given suspension or deduction in their grades.. unless the whole society undergoes a change (making better disciplinary standards and new ways of punishing kids without impacting their chance to go to college) this can end up really bad

[brainsmoothy]

@brainsmoothy ...hence, drawing a simple conclusion isn't possible. What is interesting, is the cultural emphasis on studying abroad in Korea. An ancient value, from a time when Chinese was the language of elite scholars, parents still wish their child to study abroad.  Yet, they are to remain culturally Korean, and expected to conform to the standards set by Neo-Confucianism. This value has always been interesting.