We have decided to escape the 'credit crunch' and head East to South Korea to earn millions of Won for teaching English. Our school is located in a small city called Kimhae which is about a 40 minute drive inland from Pusan (South Korea's second largest city.) We have decided to take on the challenge of teaching conversational English to children from the age of 3 - 15 years.
There a few reasons why we chose to leave the UK and try something different. I will try and summarise these reasons below:
Advantages of teaching in Korea:
The opportunity to explore a different culture
Free decent accommodation for as long as we are working
Free flights
Less than 7% tax on earnings
Cheap cost of living
Sunshine
We are both graduates and have an interest in teaching but no desire to commit to a career yet. This seemed like the ideal opportunity to gain some new experience whilst exploring a bit of the world together and saving money.
Hi Kim
ReplyDeleteJust to let you know that when I went with the Band, we stayed at Wonju for 10 days and then visited Seoul for three, staying at the big American base there. Seoul is quite a city.
The food is something else isn't it! We were never quite sure what we were eating either. At least the weather is good.
If you do ever get the chance, try and visit the DMZ border.
Sounds like you are in a lovely location anyway.
Take care of yourselves and look forward to hearing more about it.
Love Dave G