[livinginkorea]

[quote=argente]That's what I did after I graduated, I applied for a position as a language assistant and got a job at secondary school in Ireland. QUOTE]

You taught in Ireland? Cool! May I ask what part?

(I'm from Ireland )

[argente]

[quote=livinginkorea]

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That's what I did after I graduated, I applied for a position as a language assistant and got a job at secondary school in Ireland. QUOTE]

You taught in Ireland? Cool! May I ask what part?

(I'm from Ireland )

Yeah, of course. I lived and worked in Cork City. I taught in school called FarranFerris. Unfortunately, the school which was 100something years old has closed its doors recently. What part of Ireland are you from, "livinginkorea"? Do you miss it? I really do sometimes. Slàn

[livinginkorea]

I lived in Munster, in Co. Clare and moved to Korea about 3 years ago. What do you think about teaching in Ireland? Was the money ok? I only ask 'cas eventually I might want to move back there but the tax is so high so it's a difficult choice.

Go raibh maith agat

[argente]

Quote livinginkorea

I lived in Munster, in Co. Clare and moved to Korea about 3 years ago. What do you think about teaching in Ireland? Was the money ok? I only ask 'cas eventually I might want to move back there but the tax is so high so it's a difficult choice.

Go raibh maith agat

It was good, a good craic, as you say in Eire.I wasn't in charge of the whole lesson, I only had to teach speaking- prepare the lads for their Junior Cert and Leaving Cert. Encourage them to communicate in Spanish, so my lessons were like a bonus, we played a lot of games,so I was very popular, + the fact it was the first time they had a Spanish language assistant and I was female in a all boys' school(most of the teachers were male too).
The pay was not bad, I could survive. I don't remember how much, it was back in 1989-90- but I'm sure it is much better now. Whenever I go back to Eire I find everything pricier- specially if you compare it with Spain. Sorry I can't help you more. How do you like working in Korea? It must be really hard trying to learn the language.
slàn

[Pix]

Hi there,

I'm of the survivor mentality.

If you like a place and you want to go there - then just go. Throw caution to the wind, be prepared to work hard, and things will probably work out.

One thing though, while England and Ireland are devastatingly green and gorgeous, with good beer, how do you cope with the low skies and much of the year? Go East...less rain I think.

Not to mention the additional cost of hiring a marquee every time you want a BBQ in case it rains.

[clivehawkins]

I'd go along with Pix to a certain extent.
Sure, try and learn a few words before you go but basically just go. It's rare that there are too many teachers in a town and even if the schools are full there's always private work floating around. In fact the private work generally pays more because they tend to be individual lessons and they pay in cash. (Of course you'd declare any such earnings to the relevant fiscal authority )

[livinginkorea]

Quote argente

It was good, a good craic, as you say in Eire.I wasn't in charge of the whole lesson, I only had to teach speaking- prepare the lads for their Junior Cert and Leaving Cert. Encourage them to communicate in Spanish, so my lessons were like a bonus, we played a lot of games,so I was very popular, + the fact it was the first time they had a Spanish language assistant and I was female in a all boys' school(most of the teachers were male too).
The pay was not bad, I could survive. I don't remember how much, it was back in 1989-90- but I'm sure it is much better now. Whenever I go back to Eire I find everything pricier- specially if you compare it with Spain. Sorry I can't help you more. How do you like working in Korea? It must be really hard trying to learn the language.
slàn

Haha I have learnt enough Korean to get by now. The annoying thing is that even when I speak Korean they mostly answer in broken English. If I ask the question in Korean then obviously I know the answer in Korean but this never happens, I get the answer in English. Strange.

Glad that you enjoyed Ireland. I'm sure that you were very popular with the boys. I can remember my native French teacher in my secondary school. It was love at first sight