An EPIK Year

The ten day orientation is a great way to ease into Korean life and the perfect place to make some great friends who'll become your family for the next 12 months.

The whole experience can be really overwhelming at first, especially if you've never taught before, lived away from home before and have no familarity with the Korean language. We were lucky in that we were placed in a major city with a bunch of other English speaking teachers, so when things got us down (not too often but they did) we had people to share the experience with and who more than likely had encountered the same thing. We also had great co-teachers who spoke excellent English, lovely schools and a comfortable apartment.

Every EPIK experience is different. Your school, city, teaching hours, desk warming hours, apartment. It's all a game of chance really and it's important not to compare your experience with that of other people.

Some people love it and have been living in Korea for years. Some people hate it and leave within a month. As long as you keep an open mind, make an effort to learn some Korean and chalk everything down to life experience you'll have a great time and meet all kinds of people, some who'll become your friends for life.