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Coming changes in php 6

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Well it looks like starting this fall the only qualification that one will need to teach in Korea is a heartbeat and youthful looks. Having a degree is no longer necessary. See this post from the GalbiJim blog and news article (Korean language). see also this thread on Dave’s Cafe.

Lowering the already low standards is not going to help things - the Korean media already vilifies foreign EFL instructors due to a small minority of miscreants but now new teachers won’t even have completed a degree and can arrive younger and stupider in greater numbers. - it appears that Korea really does not value English Education.

It’s time to get out of this industry and out of this country - they don’t want professional teachers.

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Potential client red flags - a good post for me to keep bookmarked for future references - i.e. when I start making money in web design.

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I’ve created a new RSS feed that will only dispay entries related to web design. My regular feed will no longer display web design entries unless they are included in another category. You can subscribe to the Web Design RSS if you like.

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The 31 day comment challenge is something that I’ve been meaning to write about and participate in since it started but I’m already 7 days behind. I first heard about it from Langwitches where there are already numerous posts about the activity.

The challenge is to essentially widen the range of comments and discussion in the edublogger arena - one of the keys to keeping your posts known is to tag them for technocrati with comment08 or include a link to that feed in your entry. There is also a list of participants on the wiki which will be a great source to find new blogs to follow - I’ll be adding my blog there and trying to participate as much as possible.