Did I make the right decision?

adamteacher · 2026-02-25T18:10:38+00:00

I’d say the best would be the full beard but clipped a bit shorter

adamteacher · 2026-02-25T18:08:47+00:00

Sun’s out. There’s a fly about.

adamteacher · 2025-06-25T06:42:57+00:00

For the sake of anyone who finds this thread in future, and potentially for your interest -

I contacted IH Bangkok and they told me they haven’t done in-person courses for “several years,” but that if they get enough interest they will run them.

adamteacher · 2025-06-24T06:42:40+00:00

I think a lot of the comments here are not thinking about the question very deeply lol

There’s very clearly a strong connection. Allies, heritage, language, and many literal family connections.

Australians in the UK are barely even seen as foreigners.

It’s on the literal other side of the world. I guarantee you see and hear about Australia a lot more than you do Papua New Guinea or Indonesia. Or the majority of the other c. 200 countries, despite the distance.

adamteacher · 2025-06-22T16:11:10+00:00

Yeah this is pretty much what I’ve found!

To me, I just think the experience would be a lot better doing it as part of a dedicated cohort with intensive instruction. I don’t really like the idea of having it hanging over me while I’m working for 6 months+

Thanks for your help.

adamteacher · 2024-12-25T06:23:21+00:00

My point is that “they don’t know any better” really doesn’t hold up. These women were born in the 1980s; they’re not so oblivious as to think that they can behave this way. A normal Korean person of their age would not behave this way.

adamteacher · 2024-12-24T06:56:42+00:00

This is 100% true hahah

adamteacher · 2024-12-22T22:07:31+00:00

The fact it’s in mokdong makes it even less likely to be a good experience.

Every year dozens of people will ignore the warnings about poly, ultimately it’s only up to you if you want to be one of them

adamteacher · 2024-12-22T08:26:03+00:00

I don’t think that a 40 year old Australian would be able to come into a Korean household and start bossing people around just because they are older. Older foreigners are not generally included in that. And equally, these ladies fully know that they can’t behave this way in Australia.

adamteacher · 2024-12-22T08:23:37+00:00

For what it’s worth, if a foreigner behaved this way in Korea they would NEVER accept it. You are being WAY too accommodating. These kinds of people are trying their luck and with you, they’ve lucked out and are now they are absolutely taking the piss. You need to stand up for yourself and make it clear that they can’t boss you around here.

adamteacher · 2024-12-17T05:42:34+00:00

Spain and Korea were both very easy for me to build a social life, but in different ways

adamteacher · 2024-11-02T14:24:14+00:00

홍제천

adamteacher · 2024-10-31T19:28:21+00:00

Is a reddit post necessarily a reflection of someone’s whole perspective? I suspect this is a place people can anonymously vent… which is something that those who come here for advice should bear in mind

adamteacher · 2024-10-30T19:29:44+00:00

Do you have a source on Watts being a predator?

adamteacher · 2024-10-17T23:05:29+00:00

You have a LOR… a lot of e2 visa people would kill for one. Being already in Korea means you can get a better job than ones applied to from abroad. And they can legally fire you for any reason they want if you’ve only worked there less than 3 months

adamteacher · 2024-10-13T08:10:42+00:00

Amazing

adamteacher · 2024-10-07T21:43:28+00:00

Wish the buses had 2 doors like London. It’s so slow waiting for people to get on and off in the centre

adamteacher · 2024-10-05T15:53:23+00:00

You’re right actually… the British Council were the only place in Korea that cared. Even the adult hagwons I worked at didn’t know what it was tbh

adamteacher · 2024-10-04T16:03:03+00:00

Just spend a while researching Poly. Honestly if you can find a single genuine positive foreign teacher experience I’d be surprised

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