- IN THE RICHEST AREAS OF KOREAN CITIES
- TEACHERS ARE ALMOST ALL YOUNG
- IN THEIR 20S
- OFTEN RIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE
- CAUCASIAN OR OF KOREAN DESCENT
- NOT CERTIFIED TEACHERS
- USUALLY FROM US/CAN
- OFTEN WITH DEGREES NOT RELATED TO ENGLISH OR EDUCATION
- SOME HAVE A TESOL CERTIFCATE, OTHERS DON’T
- MOST HAVE BEEN IN KOREA LESS THAN TWO YEARS
- MOST ON THEIR FIRST OR SECOND YEAR OF TEACHING
- MOST NEVER HAD A FULL TIME JOB BEFORE COMING TO KOREA
- MOSTLY WITHOUT ANY REAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- BUT THEY MAY HAVE TUTORED, TAUGHT AT CAMPS
- THEY LIKELY NEVER HAD A FULL TIME TEACHING JOB WITH A CONTRACT IN THEIR COUNTRY
- MANY WOULDN'T BE HIRED AS SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THEIR COUNTRIES
- MANY DON'T WANT TO BE SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THEIR COUNTRIES
- MANY TEACH IN KOREA FOR A SHORT-TERM EXPERIENCE, TO TRAVEL, REPAY DEBT OR SAVE
- IN MIDDLE CLASS OR LOWER CLASS AREAS IN AND OUT OF THE BIG CITIES
- THERE ARE TEACHERS OF ALL AGES
- ALL RACES AND ETHNICITIES
- MOSTLY UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS
- FROM ANY ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY AND SEVERAL NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING ONES
- OFTEN WITH DEGREES NOT RELATED TO ENGLISH OR EDUCATION
- 10-20% HAVE A TESOL CERTIFCATE, MOST DON’T
- SOME HAVE BEEN IN KOREA LESS THAN TWO YEARS, SOME HAVE LIVED THERE A LONG TIME
- THEY LIKELY NEVER HAD A FULL TIME TEACHING JOB WITH A CONTRACT IN THEIR COUNTRY
- MANY WOULDN'T BE HIRED AS SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THEIR COUNTRIES.
- THESE TEACHERS ARE IN KOREA FOR A LONGER TIME
- SOME ARE SETTLED IN KOREA AND TEACH TO EARN MONEY TO SUPPORT FAMILY RATHER THAN TO TRAVEL OR SAVE
- SOME ARE STUDENTS WHO TEACH TO PAY FOR SCHOOL AND LIVING EXPENSES
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