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2fingaz · Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 3

lets say a teacher gets arrested and deported from korea on a drug charge, cab they get a job in Taiwan or japan?

BigWally · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 5:36 pm Post subject:

oh man...i can't wait to see the responses for this! Twisted Evil

dangerousapple · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 292

Oh, wow.

mandalayroad · Joined: 11 Mar 2008 Posts: 115

Hmm... I guess it would depend on whether the deportation appears anywhere on your US (or other Western) criminal record? It's an interesting question as to how foreign convictions appear or don't appear on one's official paper trail. My guess would be that nobody would know except the Koreans so you'd be free to go anyplace else in the world to live and work.

forest1979 · Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 507 Location: SE Asia

Hypothetically questionning, don't nations have access to international police records? You don't have to be deported to have problems in working in some countries. I mean the US wont issue visas for many types of criminal comvictions.

Serious_Fun · Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 1171 Location: terra incognita

Dr_Zoidberg · Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 5:42 am Post subject: Re: a hypothetical question

dangerousapple · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 292

Amen.

forest1979 · Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 507 Location: SE Asia

Let say, not hypothetically, that neither Taiwanese law nor foreigners already present in Taiwan welcome those with drug related criminal records. Be they in Korea or elsewhere.

2fingaz · Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 3

hypothetically or not, I am good teacher, and a good person. just because (hypothetically of course) I was at a club, in which cops came in and drug tested everybody, and i hypothetically failed the drug test, because i smoked pot two times in korea, doesn't mean i should go to hell and don'tdeserve a second chance.

BJ · Joined: 03 Dec 2003 Posts: 173

2fingers

dangerousapple · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 292

Any teacher who works at my school that gets caught doing drugs is fired on the spot, even if it happens outside of work time. It's written into the contract. Kids deserve more than some drug-addled hippy throwing stickyballs at a whiteboard.

reactionary · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 60

Same as in Korea,obviously. The guy wants a second chance. And he's talking about marijuana, not heroin. Relax.

I would say you're OK to work in another country and hopefully you've learned your lesson - Asia's not lenient on "drugs" unless it's drinking and passing out on the street covered in vomit - that's ok.

forest1979 · Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 507 Location: SE Asia

Second toke on a spliff and busted by the cops! 2fingaz must be the world's most unlucky dope smoker!

As true (or maybe untrue) as this story is it's not likely to find any sympathy with authorities across Asia. Good person he may be, and great teacher he could be, but all the authorities will see is a drug-related offence on an application for employment. Second chances are hard to find with Asian governments and Taiwan's regulations are for all to see upon landing on the island.

2fingaz, I don't want to be pessimistic but a sense of realism would no doubt make things difficult on the work front in SE Asia. If you're really a good teacher and want to continue in TEFL then I'd try S. America. Europe is a closed shop as I presume you dont hold a EU passport, so why not try pastures new and, as bitter as it might be, put it down to experience.

2fingaz · Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 3

trust me, i have learned my lesson