Sunday, January 15, 2006

Where do we go now?

As some of you may know, my contract ends in about a month. I've been thinking a lot lately about what moves to make next. I've decided I need to stay in Korea and keep the ball moving. Teaching is the ideal profession, the money is nice, I've made a good group of friends and I'm comfortable in this country. But I still don't know where I'll be working next year. I applied for a position at Pusan National University, one of Korea's finest universities and I was real close to getting the job. I had an interview and I did well, but my lack of teaching experience was too much to overcome. Over here, my degree in English puts me in the upper-level of teachers here, but it's not quite enough to land a prime university job. I was disappointed when I read the email saying I didn't get the job, but there are still endless doors open to me here. With the uncertanty of other jobs, I'm leaning towrads resigning at my school where the schedule is comfortable and the school is respectable. The only problem with my hagwan is the lack of time to go home. I miss it all and I need to come home for longer than the week I have off in summer. I will try to negotiate some decent time off wherever I go. This is going to be a big week for me. By the end of this week, I will have the next year planned.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

im sure whatever you choose will be great, and we support you back here in the u s of a! Love you dan!

Anonymous said...

So you've gone native huh...
Clearly you've been seduced and brainwashed--yet another American captured by some Asian country, never to return.
You've probably been unknowingly ingesting mind-controlling chemicals in the food. And then there is the unnatural cuteness of their children, which is simply a ploy used to entrall you.
Whether the Koreans are alien invaders or simply their robot agents I have yet to discover. Prolonged exposure to the Korean girl I've been "dating" (investigating) has confirmed that they have subtle and overpowering methods of bending you to their will.

Good luck with your decision Panozzo, and be wary...

Dp said...

Spongnuts,
You might be onto something there with your XFiles theories. Really though, I'm just happy as hell to know you're alive. Great to see you again, thanks for checking in, and drop me an update on your life sometime.

Dp said...

Rosie,
Hell yeah I think about coming back to the States. The job keeps me here because I'm doing something here that I couldn't do back home, BUt, I've been here for a year now and I'm starting to question what life back home is really like. I'm forgetting things and I need to get home for a while before the East transforms me too much.