Do you have insurance?
Insurance seems to be the hot button issue over on ELT World today. It seems that a teacher in Korea was involved in a house fire. It caused him severe burns, a huge medical bill and now it is being reported that it cost him his life. His employer didn’t provide him insurance and it has left his family with a huge medical bill.
What can I say? These employers and these recruiters bring over fresh graduates and lure them with all kind of fake promises and then the teacher is left to live in substandard housing and are not given proper benefits. I wish I could say it was something new or it was out of the ordinary, but TEFL teachers are vulnerable workers. Many of them lack proper insurance and in fact, they work for schools that would just as soon let them go than to use any available insurance.
Here’s my warning: If you are going abroad to teach. Don’t. If you don’t want to listen to me then please ask all the right questions, find a good school, have your own insurance and by all means always have an exit strategy. If you can’t immediately get enough cash to buy a ticket out of situation then you shouldn’t be in the TEFL game.
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2 Comments on Do you have insurance?
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xajarn on
Thu, 13th Mar 2008 7:35 pm
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Joe Griffith on
Fri, 4th Sep 2009 8:00 am
Excellent Post. Have insurance. Have and Exit Plan if things don’t work out. Have enough money to get out quick. Well put!
Great article and yes I have insurance and my problem is my insurance will not be the same under the government plan, right now I am covered for everything.
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