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[imsosane]

Hello all, long time lurker, first time poster.

I have an interview tomorrow for an ESL position in Seoul. After much googling and looking at blacklists, I can find nothing.

Does anyone here have any experience of Kims Korea recruiting agency or BR English School in Daechi, Seoul? BR English school has a website at www.brainedu.co.kr and is apparently linked to 'The Korea Institute of Brain Science' which may be my first konglish experience!

Thanks for any info or advice

Dean

[squinchboy]

My God, I'm glad I found your post. I posted my experience on Dave's 6 months ago and put it on the Hagwon checklist about my time at BR English school. Here's what I posted 6 months ago:

How's this for your first day of orientation in a private schhol: You are taught before every class you must clap your Dahn-John over 100 times to activate your spiritual power center. Interested? Read on.

Br English is a small branch of a much larger organization called Brain Respiration (BR). It is a pseudo-scientific cult started by a Korean named Dr. Ilchee Lee. You would be surprised at the amount of damning information about him on the web. Do a google search if you are interested.

Before I came over here, I was told we would be doing some exercises and some basic meditation before each class to help improve students learning capabilities. Instead of that, I am told students have Dahn-John centers in their body. We must then activate them through bizarre exercises such as slapping our crotch areas 100 times in a row (the lowest area is in the pelvis region). We also sweep energy down from our armpits and draw the infinity symbol with our arms. Next, we go through guided meditation where we ask them to put up a brain screen and to imagine their brain being cleaned with clear water. Amazingly, that sounds like a literal interpretation of brain-washing.

I am now leaving soon. I am putting this up here in hopes no one will consider teaching at this school.

Do your homework before you come over here. Get references! I wish I had.

You might have made one of the worst mistakes of your life. The school and the organization is a cult. On top of all of that, they also lost my diploma when they let me go after 2 months. I didn't want to do their crazy rituals before class, which is done to indoctrinate the students into the religion. I had to get my diploma back from home which caused me considerable headache.

You will probably be interviewed by a guy named Ken, and then trained by a crazy lady with an eye disorder and rash. Both are in the cult. It's weird. Believe me.

If you want any more details, or would like my phone number and a previous worker to tell you exactly how it is, then pm me.[/quote]

[KYC]

Slap your crotch area? O.o that's so crazy shit...

[ED209]

[faster]

This is so awesome I want to go interview there just to meet the freakshows.

[imsosane]

Well I found what I needed to know! Thanks a lot! The interviewer is due to call within the next 5 mins or so, I might not pick up...

I did manage to find some stuff re: Dr. Lee, but all it seemed to be was a little meditation, not crotch slapping! I think I shall include a condition of no genital injury next time I contact a recruiter!

Thanks!

[imsosane]

I just did the interview anyway, for a little practice, and the woman wasn't exactly interested in my credentials. Is that how it is generally with hagwon stuff?

[ChuckECheese]

This shit is just too much. I can't stop laughing about this shit.

Grouch crotch!

If these weirdos ever tell me to slap my own crotch, I'd tell them that let me help them slap their crotch and pop all the dudes' balls.

After that, I'm sure they'll band the crotch slapping shit.




WHAT NEXT????

[yayforme]

so what happened? did you get any more info? Kims Korea contacted me, so I'm curious now....