Remember all the 'discrimination is something you shouldn't do' lectures in ethics classes and term papers back in the USA during your college days? Well, it seems some white folks forget all that when they land in Korea and start interviewing potential teachers at their respective schools.

The "age discrimination" problem is something I, a 38-year-old white face, have found in SK when young gun white faces were interviewing me.

It seems young guns, a plentiful lot here, want only other young guns to join their ranks at the schools for which they interview. That way they can find young buddies to 'pal around' with and do the cool things the young, 'hip' types do around here. If you're an older teacher, you credentials, maturity, and experience mean nothing to these guys.

IF you are an 'older' teacher candidate looking for a job here, your odds of landing that job will increase substantially if a native Korean gives you the interview. This is especially true if you're from the USA and the interviewer is an older gentleman.

Avoid the young-gun interviewers if you are over 30.