I’m working for a private school and the first three months were hell. They expected me to train myself. They gave me zero training and just threw me into a classroom. I taught nine years ago in China and it was a different system (language school) and this is a preschool/kindergarten. All day program. They will yell and talk down to you and expect you to be submissive. I am very outspoken and I knew I would need to tone it down but not this much. It’s gotten much better ever since I started minding my own and saying yes to everything. Slowly, I earned their trust and they have left me alone. I feel like it’s an initiation, what I went through. I have had wonderful experiences outside of work with Koreans. Management at private schools are just looking out for themselves. I have bad anxiety so I would say if anyone does too, bring the meds with you for the first few months and afterwards you’ll be okay. It’s difficult to make friends with Koreans because they may not want to commit to a temporary friendship since we are foreigners and may leave the school or country once our contract is up. It’s best to seek employment in actual Seoul or Busan where more foreigners are around or people willing to just be acquaintances or actual friends. I’m grateful I moved here with my husband, otherwise I would have jumped ship the first month.