Kinda neglected my blog. So here’s what happened. My school got the funding but decided not to hire me. Then they couldn’t find anyone they liked. Then on the day before I left for the US (one week after my contract finished), my school found out that the GEPIK budget was completely cut and wouldn’t be getting a new English teacher to replace me.
I’d tried about a month before my contract ended to transfer to another job but because of changes to the visa regulations, I needed to have an FBI check (instead of a State level check) which I’d already started, but...long story short, wasn’t able to get the documents I needed for a visa transfer to another job on time.
So, came back to America end of July. Was considering China or going back to Korea to work in a cram school. China just didn’t pay enough and a cram school in Korea just did not sound appealing.
On a whim, I contacted a recruiter asking about another public school program in Korea (EPIK). The recruiter got back to me two days later and, long story short, I’m most of the way through the process of being admitted into the EPIK program this spring in Korea.
EPIK is a similar program to GEPIK (co-teaching in the public schools), just covers schools outside of Gyeonggi province (hence the lack of a “G” in the name).
So, yeah. I’m relieved that I should be able to get back to Korea in a few months. In the meantime, been enjoying my extended vacation visiting family and relatives.
I’ll try to keep this updated. Coming up (hopefully) before the close of this season, toe shoes, farming, and the economy (that sounds boring, but I think I’m going to try and connect those ideas into a continuous line of thought). We’ll see how that goes.
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