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Theda
Joined: 19 Apr 2006
Location: Australia
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 Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:56 pm Post subject: Fallout from "Criminal Foreigners" |
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So I just got told today that the Changwon Board of Education needs a copy of my degree and a police check, even though I submitted my original degree and a police check when I first got this job. Why? When I asked my co-teacher he said it was because of some problems with foreigners using fake degrees and taking drugs. He also described this as something that mostly happens in hagwons in Seoul - can't read the Korean news myself so I don't know if that is the angle they've been taking, though I can't see where else he would have gotten this idea from.
Anyone else had to recently resubmit degrees/police checks? |
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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:19 pm Post subject: Re: Fallout from "Criminal Foreigners" |
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| Theda wrote: |
So I just got told today that the Changwon Board of Education needs a copy of my degree and a police check, even though I submitted my original degree and a police check when I first got this job. Why? When I asked my co-teacher he said it was because of some problems with foreigners using fake degrees and taking drugs. He also described this as something that mostly happens in hagwons in Seoul - can't read the Korean news myself so I don't know if that is the angle they've been taking, though I can't see where else he would have gotten this idea from.
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:25 pm Post subject: Re: Fallout from "Criminal Foreigners" |
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| Theda wrote: |
So I just got told today that the Changwon Board of Education needs a copy of my degree and a police check, even though I submitted my original degree and a police check when I first got this job. Why? When I asked my co-teacher he said it was because of some problems with foreigners using fake degrees and taking drugs. He also described this as something that mostly happens in hagwons in Seoul - can't read the Korean news myself so I don't know if that is the angle they've been taking, though I can't see where else he would have gotten this idea from.
Anyone else had to recently resubmit degrees/police checks? |
Exactly the same in my case. There's an information sheet on how to locate universities on the Internet. For the UK it's wikipedia's list of British universities. Perhaps we could go add some to the list. I'd personally like a PhD in edutainment from Python University of Monty. |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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Whistleblower
Joined: 03 Feb 2007
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Whistleblower
Joined: 03 Feb 2007
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icicle
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do Korea
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:52 pm Post subject: Re: Fallout from "Criminal Foreigners" |
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| Theda wrote: |
So I just got told today that the Changwon Board of Education needs a copy of my degree and a police check, even though I submitted my original degree and a police check when I first got this job. Why? When I asked my co-teacher he said it was because of some problems with foreigners using fake degrees and taking drugs. He also described this as something that mostly happens in hagwons in Seoul - can't read the Korean news myself so I don't know if that is the angle they've been taking, though I can't see where else he would have gotten this idea from.
Anyone else had to recently resubmit degrees/police checks? |
Lots of the GEPIK teachers have had to in one way or another verify the validity of their degree ... several different methods ... but doing same thing.
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oldfatfarang
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: On the road to somewhere.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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| I've been working for a K public school for 8 months. I got asked for my degree yesterday (photocopies only). Now that's what I call checking! |
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smwood
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
Location: Over Here.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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I was asked by one of the public schools I teach at to submit my ARC number to the local education board so they could check my credentials. There doesn't seem to be anything more to it than just making sure I am legal (I am, and then some).
I imagine once the dust settles from this latest bout of foreigner-bashing everything will return to normal. Until the next feeding frenzy by the media. |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| I've just been asked for degree verification and a criminal record check today. This is from the Chungchongbukdo Education Board. |
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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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Whatever, this thread is now about Fallout 3
Future great game, or greatest game? |
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Colorado
Joined: 18 Jan 2006
Location: Public School with too much time on my hands.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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| me too. The Educatoin Board suddenly wants another copy of my degree, transcript, criminal background check, and medical checkup, today. They must have lost the old ones. |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Haven't heard boo ... yet. I'm wondering if this latest round of bollox is aimed at public schoolers and hagwon people only. I hope so. I can't be arsed going to immi again this year. |
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smwood
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
Location: Over Here.
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I don't mind so much if it's kept reasonable, but if they start wanting me to go through a repeat of the degree/medical/background/transcripts thing again I think that's about where I step off.
It's enough to have done it twice already I think. |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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Whatever, this thread is now about Fallout 3
Future great game, or greatest game? |
Hard to tell. I honestly think Bethesda dropped the ball on Oblivion. In terms of gameplay, I think it was a step down from Morrowind. Sure, it was flashy and next-gen, but I'm playing RPG's for the story/gameplay, not the graphics.
However, they're taking great pains to keep the "feel" of the Fallout games... if they can do that effectively, it's going to be amazing. |
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