Monday, October 1, 2012

Can 2 parents working as English teachers in South Korea support 3 kids


Can 2 parents working as English teachers in South Korea support 3 kids?
I want to move to South Korea, I've researched it extensively and found much to like, and it seems the easiest way in would be as an english teacher. However, most of what I've seen about that lifestyle seems geared to singles, right down to employer-provided 1 bedroom apartments, and we have 3 little boys.
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1 :
With 2 parents working, You might have enough plus more for your living expenses. But the real problem with having (foreign) kids in Korea is the school fees. Since they can't speak Korean, you will have a hard time enrolling them in public school. And private English speaking schools are really, really expensive. Even the English speaking kindy schools are quite pricey. If you can consider homeschooling maybe it'll work.
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Well, depends also on how young your children is as well. I agree public school is a bit hard for them to enrol due to the language itself as well and international schools are very expensive. The money is usually "just" enough if you dont need much.. thats what I heard from a few friends of mine who lives in Korea to teach English.