ELS Academies

Here is a random post since I haven't been writing much lately. A few updates to begin...

Currently I have a head cold and I think its because of getting a haircut and the onset of winter. Its getting cold here which gives me mixed blessings. I can stay at home all day and watch TV but I am also wasting too much time doing a whole lot of nothing.

A new job offer has presented itself and I am going to take it barring unforeseeable happenings. It will hurt my current boss but I don't care now.

Here is a run down of the problems I deal with at MLS and ESL Places in general.

1. My pay is part time and has always been given to me late. I haven't received full pay (800) because she has cut my hours. She can't remember my bank account from the first time I gave it too her. So, in short I am now part time even on part time already.

2. I teach 6 kids all of which have already lost their luster with me. They come late and don't give a rats ass. Frankly, I no longer think being a teeny bopper is an excuse for lazy habits. I had to pay attention to HEALTH class, MATH, art and all the rest of the "boring pursuits" Whats it to them that some tool "me" is getting the cold shoulder in a room that is already cold because of the weather and their poor attitudes and is having a wage conflict with a woman who can't see new perspectives.

So there you go there are my main reasons for quitting asap and thus breaking a new contract all so I can earn 3 times the amount I am making now. .....


Foreigners WELCOME TO KOREA here is a list of what I think you can expect here.


1.They care where you graduated from. They want to know if you are a big timer or from a little league. If you have worked here for 3 years in a full time position then you can move on to a University but only if you have a MASTERS from America. Foreigners are little dummies. They get drunk at a little bar on the beach rub elbows with a big cheese in a Uni position and then before you know it they get a University job. They don't have a masters nor do they have the expertise.

2. I turned in many resumes looking for full time work and no one gave me a call. I walked into the office and asked many companies of which told me they would call me asap but they never did. Apparently someone got hired immediately doing the same thing I did but because my timing was off by 2 months I lost out. Is it fair that my credentials are passed up? Before someone says "lifes not fair" why don' t you think about this question....

If there are standards and uniform regulations than why can they be bypassed and therefore the Company's ethic, moral, and professional decree is reduced to rubble in my mind? What good is a company without actual guidelines in place to manage?

Here is what happened to my tenure at MLS... I walked in asking for part time work and got exploited. I wanted to find more work to make that shift more bearable. I genuinely helped my boss out so I could hopefully get more classes and I asked my boss multiple times to throw me a rope.

Is my boss a bad person? No. Is she a typical boss? of course. Has she treated me well? Not entirely.

A few free meals and some small compliments isn't how Nick Palmer is won over.


ELS Academies prefer
1. American, Canadians, Australians, British and New Zealanders pretty much in that order.
2. Koreans prefer White Teachers over others. I hate that fact. My best friend here is African American and I have seen happenings at various institutes that I have worked at deal with Racism. I know it exists everywhere but I don't want to hear about it.
3. My posts are all about Koreans well duh? I live in Korea I eat Korean food, I have a Korean wife, I teach Korean dummies (sorry but its true). I am tired of sugar coating it.


Here is a country filled with egotism that "WE are Koreans, we are special" has left a bad taste in my mouth. A country that wants English so badly but can't use it properly because they don't follow a native approach but rather a Konglish way. well how's this...conglishiastions you sure are doing wonderful. For the 3rd time in 3 years I hate working in an environment that has put profit and pride above practical performances of true English grit.


I write my blog to put down my thoughts

I write this so others can ask me questions maybe show agreement, share their knowledge, forte experience whatever they can so maybe we can pull together and actually make differences. I want to save foreigners from making the same mistakes I did.... Coming to Korea in the first place, working for a director who sounded to good to be true.... I haven't learned yet.


For all of you mongers that have read my blog in the past I will be leaving Korea hopefully forever in June next year. I can't wait. I think all of you tend to read my posts in a one sided argument. I have always been cast as the bad guy and if you are tired of me you just ignore me kind of like the same thing I am fighting here....plainly and simply Recognition. You don't have to agree with me but it would be nice to not read negative comments.


11-11-2010 happy chocolate stick day....well tata till later