What's up with South Korea??? - Part 2

Due to these facts pay is not all that great in Japan, China, Americas, Europe; they are not providing housing, or flights... and forget health care.

In comes the South Korean government with a mandate that all children must learn to write and read English. This is a good idea at the beginning, until they realize that the focus on reading and writing is not helping much in the speech department. So naturally they turned to "native" speakers from the States, UK, Australia and NZ.

Beyond the history, there is one underlying economics 101 principle that makes teaching ESL in Korean a big win-win: Very high demand and very low supply.

I have yet to understand why the supply is as low as it is. Perhaps everyone really is that uneducated in the ways of the current world climate (and I'm NOT talking global warming here) and therefore uninformed as to the specifics of any given Southeast Asian country's global standings.

Now I know YOU are educated (otherwise you'd not be our friend ;-) and are keenly aware of the current social and economic standing of the Republic of Korea. It is in fact very "first world" (or, at least it's metropolitan areas are), industrialized, and progressive.

We're gonna get some pics uploaded to give you a glimpse into Seoul (S. Korea's capital and largest city, with a population of over 10 million - eclipsing the size of NYC).