It was nice to get a call from the manager at Yes Youngdo to find out I had been hired. However after that, from the time I travelled to Korea to the short period before I started working, to the start of work, the first few weeks and through the end and then after - I felt mostly these things: feeling I was in the wrong place, not feeling comfortable with the managers, (there were two) regretting my choice, wondering if I'd make it through to the end, telling myself that I'd work until the end even though I wasn't happy...the list could go on. It wasn't all hell, I had some very good classes in fact one of my favorite classes of all time was there - a grammar class which was three hours long no less. I also had some good times with the other teachers, some privates, and a few good times in the area where I lived. So it wasn't all bad! However, I'd say it was mostly bad and had it gone on for a whole year it would mean a lot more bad memories I guess.
I left Yes Youngdo after a period which wasn't very long. It was less than six months. The manager that I worked for thinks he fired me, but if he were honest he would say that I also wanted to quit. About a week before "being fired" I told him I wanted to quit. Because of this and because I told him I wasn't happy there and I didn't like the teaching program, I don't consider this a firing. (Though he may.)
Also, I want to add that due to all the bad posts I read about Yes Youngdo at some websites, I think that a lot of teachers were "fired" in some cases actually fired, some may have been goaded into quitting, some who quit may have been considered fired. One post I saw in the past had one teacher getting on and asking about a certain branch. One respondent wrote this branch had fired five teachers over the past several months. I will try to locate this post.
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