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gsxr750r
Joined: 29 Jan 2007
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 Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:16 pm Post subject: Mandatory hiring of males in Korean public school system... |
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New quota rules for hiring of males in Korean public schools now under consideration...
https://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2007/04/09/200704090044.asp
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The Seoul education authorities' proposal to set a quota for employing male teachers is setting off a new controversy as female teachers and groups attack the measure as sexual discrimination.
The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education has recently submitted a bill to a committee of nationwide educational superintendents, under which public schools are required to increase the percentage of male teachers to up to 30 percent...
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rothkowitz
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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gsxr750r
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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Not for Korean men.
This makes me wonder... is there a lack of interest in teaching on the part of Korean men, or are the schools just hiring women in higher percentages?
The pay isn't bad (after a while), there are lots of available female co-workers to hook up with.... why are barely 30% of those being hired Korean men?
Is it the lack of a company credit card for room salon visits that makes teaching less appealing?
Heck, three male teachers from my old high school married their former students -- perhaps the gov't could take this angle in recruiting young male teachers?  |
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rawiri
Joined: 01 Jun 2003
Location: Lovely day for a fire drill.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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Heck, three male teachers from my old high school married their former students -- perhaps the gov't could take this angle in recruiting young male teachers?
Are they still teaching? |
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gsxr750r
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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Double post
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gsxr750r
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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I know one for sure... his desk was next to mine. We all went to his wedding last year. I know that particular one, and how it went down (partially). She was a student at the school in his first year of teaching. She went on to college, and after graduating, did a student-teaching intern at the same high school as she graduated from. He was 36 last year, and she was 25, I think, when they married..
He claims they started dating when she was an intern (could be true -- who knows). I know I did bump into them out on the street a few times near my home. He always told me to not to tell anyone. Until they announced their marriage, the relationship was sort of a secret (but everyone knew).
As for the other two guys, I know one of them used to work in my building, but I didn't get to know him. The third teacher was no longer there, although it could have been due to anything -- not that.
I can't fault the guy... they were/are in love. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:17 am Post subject: Re: Mandatory hiring of males in Korean public school system |
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| gsxr750r wrote: |
under which public schools are required to increase the percentage of male teachers to up to 30 percent...
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I don't see a problem with it... PROVIDED they also put a quota of FEMALE teachers at the high school and university level. |
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Ody
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: over here
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:31 am Post subject: Re: Mandatory hiring of males in Korean public school system |
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| Young FRANKenstein wrote: |
| gsxr750r wrote: |
under which public schools are required to increase the percentage of male teachers to up to 30 percent...
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I don't see a problem with it... PROVIDED they also put a quota of FEMALE teachers at the high school and university level. |
a very good point. |
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