Been Thinking to Write a Book

POSSIBLE TITLES FOR BOOK:

I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND BECOMING AN ESL TEACHER IN KOREA , BUT I CAN’T: HOWEVER HERE IS WHAT I WANT EVERY TEACHER TO KNOW

WHAT I'D SAY TO ANYONE WANTING TO TEACH IN SOUTH KOREA

I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND TEACHING ESL IN KOREA BUT I CAN'T (RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE)

I CAN’T RECOMMEND TEACHING IN SOUTH KOREA BUT I CAN GIVE ADVICE

WHY I CAN'T RECOMMEND TEACHING ESL IN SOUTH KOREA

WHY I'VE TAUGHT ESL IN KOREA 5 YEARS BUT STILL CAN'T RECOMMEND IT

WHY CAN’T I RECOMMEND IT?

• THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS. HERE IS WHAT I CAN COME UP WITH OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
• FIRST REASON: THOUSANDS OF HORROR STORIES GOING BACK 10-15 YEARS.
• ONE WILL HAVE TO TEACH SOME STUDENTS WHO DON’T HAVE ANY INTEREST IN LEARNING ENGLISH OR ARE IN FACT DETERMINED NOT TO LEARN IT (AND DO THEIR BEST TO SEE THAT OTHERS IN THE CLASS DON’T LEARN EITHER.)
• LACK OF COMMUNICATION WITH KOREAN BOSSES: ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEM.
• BOSSES ENGLISH LEVEL RANGES FROM GOOD TO NONE.YOU WON’T FIND ONE WHO SPEAKS PERFECTLY, BUT HAVING ONE WHO SPEAKS WELL IS GOOD ENOUGH
• NO DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH KOREAN PARENTS

• COMMUNICATION OCCURS IN A BIZARRE WAY, TRIANGLE, QUADRANGLE
• TEACHER TEACHES KID, KID TALKS TO PARENT, PARENT TALKS TO HAGWON, HAGWON TALKS TO TEACHER
• MINUSES: NO WAY FOR A TEACHER TO DEFEND HIM OR HERSELF.
• SOMETIMES KIDS MAKE UP STORIES, SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT THEIR TEACHERS WHO SOMETIMES DON'T FIND OUT, OR FIND OUT FROM THE BOSS.
• IN SOME CASES VIDEOS OF CLASSES CAN BE USED FOR THIS BUT NOT ALL HAGWONS HAVE THESE
• SOME KOREANS DISLIKE OR ARE RUDE TO FOREIGNERS.
• SOME KOREANS DON’T UNDERSTAND ANY OTHER CULTURE.
• SOME KOREANS EXPECT YOU TO UNDERSTAND AND FOLLOW THEIR CULTURE PERFECTLY.
• AND EVEN SOME KOREANS EXPECT YOU TO SPEAK KOREAN WELL.

• THE DIFFERENCES IN ENVIRONMENT FROM THE US , CANADA , UK , SA
• KOREA HAS HIGH POPULATION DENSITY.
• IF YOU’RE USED TO SEEING LOTS OF LAND, ATTRACTIVE HOMES, MANICURED LAWNS YOU’LL HAVE TO ADJUST TO SEEING ONLY APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND OTHER BUILDINGS.

• CULTURAL DIFFERENCES: PROBLEMS ON BOTH SIDES
• TEACHER HAS EXPECTATIONS OF BOSS AND JOB:
• SUCH AS BEING PAID THEIR SALARY IN ITS ENTIRETY AND ON TIME
• FOLLOWING THE CONTRACT
• NOT MAKING CHANGES AT MOMENTS NOTICE
• NOT ASKING TEACHER TO WORK MORE HOURS THAN IS STATED IN THEIR CONTRACT
• HELPING WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM
• ONE PROBLEM EVERY HAGWON HAS IS DISCIPLINE PROBLEM
• KOREANS PREFER TO BLAME TEACHERS
• BOSSES DON’T WANT TO BLAME STUDENTS OR PUNISH BECAUSE
• STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR PARENTS
• PARENTS WILL CALL
• FEATHERS WILL BE RUFFLED
• PARENTS WITHDRAW THEIR KIDS AT ANY TIME