The headline of an attached advertisement has the headline "What's in your future after graduation? How Would You Like To Travel & Teach in South Korea?" Elsewhere on the website it says:
Why Korea?
-Annual salary of US $24-35K at 30 hrs/wk
-Renewable 12-month contract
-Gain international experience while enriching students lives
-Safe, modern country with the highest investment in private education in the world
-Intriguing language, rich culture and central location for continued travel in Asia
-Great ongoing positions available year-round
-FREE furnished housing, FREE round-trip airfare, paid holidays, health insurance coverage, etc.
-Save up to $15K/year
An emphasis on travel, money, and perks like free housing and airfare, but nothing about teaching. I'm not picking on Park English, because you'll find these types of lines on any recruiter's webpage. But, it goes to show that you can't entice people to come here with talk about travel and money, and then complain that they don't come here to be serious about teaching.
I brought up more hyporcisy on a Gusts of Popular Feeling post, linking to something I put up in February about Wall Street Institute. They were running this commercial a few years ago.
The gist is, I assume, that studying English at WSI is fun and happening, though it's a curious theme considering how we often hear it said that English teachers troll the nightclubs looking for easy Korean women. Foreign-looking men or native speakers are conspicuous in their absence.
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I got spammed that same thing from Park English too...
Wait a minute... are you saying that your classroom environment isn't like that? You are teaching at the wrong place, man. Last week I had a special class on explaining he meaning of a new tattoo in English. Went over very well.
Brian wrote:
I brought up more hyporcisy on a Gusts of Popular Feeling post, linking to something I put up in February about Wall Street Institute. They were running this commercial a few years ago.
The gist is, I assume, that studying English at WSI is fun and happening, though it's a curious theme considering how we often hear it said that English teachers troll the nightclubs looking for easy Korean women. Foreign-looking men or native speakers are conspicuous in their absence.
I'd be very careful with throwing around the word "hypocrisy," a commonly abused word.
There are 50 million people in Korea, and it stands to reason that not everyone thinks the same way.
To the point here: Do you think that the people who ordered, created, or purchased the "wild party" ads for WSI are the same ones who complain about teachers having fun, even going out to have drinks and dating locals?
I don't think it's a given that they are.
Wow, $35,000 a year at present exchange rates translates into W3.645 million a month. That might even be enough to attract a "qualified, experienced and professional" ESL teacher, but I'd really like to see a list of hagwons or public schools that pay that kind of salary. Most universities don't even pay that much.
King, I get the feeling they are just lazy and haven't bothered changing their ad to reflect the new exchange rates. No way they represent schools that offer $35K a year.
I think some of these institutes get what they deserve if they are willing to hire some of these yahoos based off their so-called "professional" photos, but turnabout is fair play if prospective applicants actually believe that they will get 10-15 extra holidays every year—good luck getting those two vacation weeks when you want them.
I made the mistake of sending in my "Craig's list" photo instead of my resume photo. Oops.
I think that wallsteet ad is geared towards laid off corporate bankers who blew the last of their savings on a thousand dollar lap dance and just recently decided to go into teaching. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/hfo-as-the-markets-sink-one-club-introduces-the-1000-lap-dance-done-with-art/?scp=1&sq=thousand%20dollar%20lapdance&st=cse
"I made the mistake of sending in my "Craig's list" photo instead of my resume photo. Oops."I was going to crack the same joke using Facebook, but I like your Craigslist version better.
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