The weather in Chuncheon is beautiful right now...clear skies, sun, and 70ºF. Perfect for ultimate. The mountians surrounding Chuncheon are actually visible.
Orientation is already half over--three weeks already! In another three weeks, I'll be moving to my placement. Placement Preference forms were due yesterday. I thought I'd post my preferences now and then compare them to my actual placement (announced Aug. 5th). This is a ranking (1 being the highest) form for aspects like location size, student gender, school size, etc. I can simply voice my preferences and what's important to me; I have no control over my placement. The Fulbright office takes my form and decides the rest.
School size: 1) 100-500; 2) 501-1000; 3) greater than 1000; 4) less than 100
The less students the better.
School type: 1) middle school; 2) high school
I don't want stressed out students. High school students study/are in school up to 15 hrs a day. I'd prefer the more relaxed, younger middle schoolers. Side note: the most common operation in Korea is for hemorroids, because they're sitting in class so much.
Student gender: 1) co-ed; no preference for male or female
I'd prefer to teach both boys and girls, but that might not happen. Co-ed means that the school is co-ed, classes still maybe single sex.
Religious Affiliation: (willing to work at...) Buddhist-affiliated school-Yes, Catholic or Protestant-affiliated school-No
Self-explanatory.
Location Size: 1) Suburban = 100,000-500,000; 2) Rural = less than 100,000; 3) Urban = greather the 500,000
Korea's extremely dense, so suburban to me (or the average American) could easily seem urban. I'm okay with a 500,000 population max.
Environment: 1) Island (Jeju-do); no preference coastal, inland, or mountainous
I've talked to some former ETAs about Jeju-do, Korea's Hawaii. The island is beautiful, culturally relaxed from Korea, and is complementary to an active lifestyle.
Resource Availability: 1) Ease of transportation; 2) near other ETAs; 3) traditional/historical area
Placements announced Aug 5th--stayed tooned!
Orientation is already half over--three weeks already! In another three weeks, I'll be moving to my placement. Placement Preference forms were due yesterday. I thought I'd post my preferences now and then compare them to my actual placement (announced Aug. 5th). This is a ranking (1 being the highest) form for aspects like location size, student gender, school size, etc. I can simply voice my preferences and what's important to me; I have no control over my placement. The Fulbright office takes my form and decides the rest.
School size: 1) 100-500; 2) 501-1000; 3) greater than 1000; 4) less than 100
The less students the better.
School type: 1) middle school; 2) high school
I don't want stressed out students. High school students study/are in school up to 15 hrs a day. I'd prefer the more relaxed, younger middle schoolers. Side note: the most common operation in Korea is for hemorroids, because they're sitting in class so much.
Student gender: 1) co-ed; no preference for male or female
I'd prefer to teach both boys and girls, but that might not happen. Co-ed means that the school is co-ed, classes still maybe single sex.
Religious Affiliation: (willing to work at...) Buddhist-affiliated school-Yes, Catholic or Protestant-affiliated school-No
Self-explanatory.
Location Size: 1) Suburban = 100,000-500,000; 2) Rural = less than 100,000; 3) Urban = greather the 500,000
Korea's extremely dense, so suburban to me (or the average American) could easily seem urban. I'm okay with a 500,000 population max.
Environment: 1) Island (Jeju-do); no preference coastal, inland, or mountainous
I've talked to some former ETAs about Jeju-do, Korea's Hawaii. The island is beautiful, culturally relaxed from Korea, and is complementary to an active lifestyle.
Resource Availability: 1) Ease of transportation; 2) near other ETAs; 3) traditional/historical area
Placements announced Aug 5th--stayed tooned!
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