Some of you may be wondering about our plans go to South Korea. We have been hesitant to talk too openly or prematurely about our job opportunities in Korea due to a number of disappointments.
To date we have been interviewed and offered positions at four different schools. The first position fell through because the couple that has been there for the last 12 months decided to stay, the second because the school decided to hire another couple that they could pay less because they weren’t teachers and the third we actually pulled out of because we discovered what they were telling us and what was in the contract were two very different things.
As you can imagine by this stage we were beginning to worry that we would not be able to find the position we wanted in the set time frame. The fourth position that we accepted sounded like a promising opportunity but due to our experiences with the previous 3 positions we weren’t about to get too excited just yet. We wanted to make sure that this job was going to be a sure thing.
I am pleased to say that we are now confident that we have a firm position in the city of Daegu. It is the fourth largest city in South Korea and is located south-east of Seoul with a population of nearly 3 million. We will be working for the Yale English Academy which is made up of 5 separate schools of which we will be teaching at the Siji Yale English School.
Yale is considered to be one of the best schools in the region and based on what we have experienced they seem to be somewhat more organized and professional than the other schools we have dealt with. They will provide our airfare and an apartment within walking distance of the school. We will work from 4pm to 10pm Monday to Friday teaching conversational English to the children of Daegu.
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