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slytown
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Korea (South)1411 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-03 17:17:52
May 03 2015 17:17 GMT
#1
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I was just hired through the ESL program to teach English to preschool and elementary kids in a hagwon (privately run English teaching school) in the city of Daegu. I look forward to teaching, getting into the music scene, and, of course, finally seeing live Starcraft.

If anyone has directions to the SSL studios and the GOM studios I would greatly appreciate it.

*****
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TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10700 Posts
May 03 2015 17:32 GMT
#2
I am so jealous and envious of you right now. Have fun and be safe
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
Wintex
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Norway16838 Posts
May 03 2015 18:00 GMT
#3
Congratz! I hope you have a great time!
The Bomber boy
FO-nTTaX
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
Johto4979 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-03 20:53:12
May 03 2015 20:52 GMT
#4
Disclaimer: This info was correct on march 2014 i think, i'm not sure if it is still correct:

Proleague is at 1303-37, Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea
GOM eXP studio is at 997-4 Daechi 2(i)-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
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parkufarku
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
882 Posts
May 03 2015 20:57 GMT
#5
Be careful of hagwons. Some of them are known to be shady (don't pay you on time, decrease your wage without warning, etc.)
Elvis!
Profile Joined April 2012
Germany396 Posts
May 03 2015 23:11 GMT
#6
Daegu is lovely, you have to eat Ddang Ddang chicken, Daegu's most famous food! It's delicious!
Also Daegu is conviniently central, and you can go to Pohang's amazing beach in like one hour *.*
other people turn around and laugh at you - if you say - that these are the best days - of their lives. - Blur
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25996 Posts
May 04 2015 01:51 GMT
#7
Do you know which hagwon? My wife is from Daegu and we got married there.
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slytown
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Korea (South)1411 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-04 02:34:33
May 04 2015 02:32 GMT
#8
On May 04 2015 10:51 Chill wrote:
Do you know which hagwon? My wife is from Daegu and we got married there.


It's the YBM ECC hagwon. It's one of the older schools so I should be more secure than other hagwons.

On May 04 2015 08:11 Elvis! wrote:
Daegu is lovely, you have to eat Ddang Ddang chicken, Daegu's most famous food! It's delicious!
Also Daegu is conviniently central, and you can go to Pohang's amazing beach in like one hour *.*


Would Pohang be better than Busan for the beach?
The best Flash meme ever: http://imgur.com/zquoK
Greg_J
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
China4409 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-04 02:56:04
May 04 2015 02:55 GMT
#9
Congratulations and good luck.
Please try to be as open minded as possible and except you're not in your country anymore so things will be different (I don't understand people who come over here and start complaining things aren't the same as back home. Of course they are not). I'm sure you will manage to have a good time and enjoy your time in Korea.
slytown
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Korea (South)1411 Posts
May 04 2015 05:16 GMT
#10
On May 04 2015 11:55 Greg_J wrote:
Congratulations and good luck.
Please try to be as open minded as possible and except you're not in your country anymore so things will be different (I don't understand people who come over here and start complaining things aren't the same as back home. Of course they are not). I'm sure you will manage to have a good time and enjoy your time in Korea.


Thanks Greg! I've actually been wanting to live in Korea for several years now. Plus, I am a very open-minded and easy-going person, so I shouldn't have too much trouble settling in.
The best Flash meme ever: http://imgur.com/zquoK
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9172 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-04 12:10:11
May 04 2015 11:57 GMT
#11
On May 04 2015 14:16 slytown wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 04 2015 11:55 Greg_J wrote:
Congratulations and good luck.
Please try to be as open minded as possible and except you're not in your country anymore so things will be different (I don't understand people who come over here and start complaining things aren't the same as back home. Of course they are not). I'm sure you will manage to have a good time and enjoy your time in Korea.


Thanks Greg! I've actually been wanting to live in Korea for several years now. Plus, I am a very open-minded and easy-going person, so I shouldn't have too much trouble settling in.

Hagwon bosses that insist on unpaid overtime/advertising and pay you a week late before trying to fire you a month prior to your severance/plane ticket will certainly test you. YBM ECC was my first and worst job in Korea, hopefully yours is run by the company and isn't just paying for the franchise name.
Yhamm is the god of predictions
TriO
Profile Joined July 2011
United States421 Posts
May 04 2015 15:31 GMT
#12
You're in for a rude awakening lol.
My dream is to tear up your dream.
Elvis!
Profile Joined April 2012
Germany396 Posts
May 04 2015 17:07 GMT
#13
On May 04 2015 11:32 slytown wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 04 2015 10:51 Chill wrote:
Do you know which hagwon? My wife is from Daegu and we got married there.


It's the YBM ECC hagwon. It's one of the older schools so I should be more secure than other hagwons.

Show nested quote +
On May 04 2015 08:11 Elvis! wrote:
Daegu is lovely, you have to eat Ddang Ddang chicken, Daegu's most famous food! It's delicious!
Also Daegu is conviniently central, and you can go to Pohang's amazing beach in like one hour *.*


Would Pohang be better than Busan for the beach?



Busan as a city is just a lot bigger than Pohang, so there are several gigantic beaches.
One cool thing about the beach in Pohang is you can see this at night:

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And there is a scene of foreigners playing Ultimate Frisbee there quite often.
other people turn around and laugh at you - if you say - that these are the best days - of their lives. - Blur
slytown
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Korea (South)1411 Posts
June 21 2015 14:03 GMT
#14
Update. Daegu is great. I lucked out with my school. Lesson planning is minimal and I have a lot of freedom with the material I teach. My co-teacher is great and I've made friends with a few co-workers. Teaching isn't easy but it is definitely more rewarding than my previous jobs.

Everyone in Daegu is so friendly and the food is legit. I may never leave Korea. Here's just one example why...

I found a coffee shop that roasts in-house in my neighborhood. I was used to going to roastaries back home, so I was excited to find a good roaster among the hundreds of coffee shops in my district. Literally, hundreds. Korea is coffee crazy.

I go to this particular coffee shop pretty regularly and the owner has gotten to know me. We try to talk to each other in Hangeul and English when I go in. She's even given me complimentary drinks. I was pretty sure she liked me coming in the past couple of weeks. Then yesterday I went in to sip espresso and listen to music on my phone, as I usually do. Her daughter introduced herself when she took my order. Then about an hour later (at about 8PM) she walked over to me and asked if I had had lunch yet. I said no. Her and her mom invited me to have lunch with the her son and a co-worker on the deck in the back. We had homemade ssamjang, pork belly, sanchu, and other side dishes. She lives upstairs and had a garden in the back where she pulled the lettuce from, fresh. Her daughter had actually studied for a year in Minnesota, so we could talk a little more than me and her mother.

I went to Korea dreaming of getting to know a local shop owner and being invited to eat with their family. I was on such a high having done so in my first month here.
The best Flash meme ever: http://imgur.com/zquoK
MirGStarlight
Profile Joined October 2014
Korea (South)10 Posts
June 28 2015 10:27 GMT
#15
Hi also im living in Daegu. good luck and have fun!
im studying at Keimyung university, and my home is near at Yeungnam university.
my english skill is such poor but i think i can help u a little
try answer my best
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