| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Whistleblower
Joined: 03 Feb 2007
|
 Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:16 pm Post subject: Teacher Apologizes for Beating Children |
 |
|
If this were back home, the teacher would be sent to prison and banned from any contact with children. Shame Korea notices violence as character building.
| Quote: |
Teacher Apologizes for Beating Children
By Kim Rahn
Staff Reporter
An elementary school teacher made a public apology for his harsh beating of students.
The school stripped the teacher of his homeroom teacher post.
The male teacher, Oh Yong-su, of Seolbong Elementary School in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, posted a written apology on the school's Web site Tuesday. It comes four days after a video clip was spread online showing him striking a boy with a broomstick in the classroom.
Oh said in the apology, ``I beg forgiveness from parents and students who were shocked by my excessive corporal punishment and behavior that was unworthy of a teacher. I myself even cannot accept the scene that I caused.''
He said he led the class with his own standards, forcing students to follow rules beyond their capacity. ``I forgot my duty as a teacher who should educate children by respecting their ways. I deeply regret causing pain and torment to the students and their parents by losing my rationality and giving the boys physical punishment.'' Oh said.
Oh added he would accept any penalty.
In the video clip, Oh strikes a boy on the hips and shoulders with a broomstick approximately 10 times. The boy is shown crying and shrieking in pain and fear. The teacher then spanks three other children five times each with the broomstick.
Oh and other teachers said the children had been involved in a fight at recess, and the boy in question had been warned several times before over similar trouble.
Another student recorded the incident with his cell phone camera, and his parents posted the clip on a portal site. The footage spread fast, and bloggers rushed to the school's Web site to denounce the teacher.
The school's headmaster also said on the Web site that he apologizes to students, parents and other teachers who were hurt from the shameful display. The school stripped Oh of his homeroom teacher position and ordered him not to come to the school for a while, according to the headmaster.
[email protected] |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
monkinwonderland
Joined: 17 May 2007
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:20 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| kids back home don't behave like korean children |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Whistleblower
Joined: 03 Feb 2007
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| monkinwonderland wrote: |
| kids back home don't behave like korean children |
But is that an excuse to give if you end up smacking the hell out of a kid? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
monkinwonderland
Joined: 17 May 2007
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:29 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Whistleblower wrote: |
| monkinwonderland wrote: |
| kids back home don't behave like korean children |
But is that an excuse to give if you end up smacking the hell out of a kid? |
I was never forced to give an excuse. Everyone knew why the kids got smacked.
So I don't know. I guess you could also go the, "I only hit them because I love them too much" route as well. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
saw6436
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon, ROK
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Didn't see the video so don't know the extent of the beating. But sometimes a kid needs a beating. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
monkinwonderland
Joined: 17 May 2007
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:42 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| The problem here isn't so much that Koreans use excessive force with their children, it's that Western cultures don't |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
betchay
Joined: 23 Aug 2005
Location: Seoul
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
IncognitoHFX
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: Yeongtong, Suwon
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:45 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| monkinwonderland wrote: |
| The problem here isn't so much that Koreans use excessive force with their children, it's that Western cultures don't |
Western cultures need to. I think this Korean teacher's beating was quite excessive, but thinking back to my High School days, there were certain underachievers that would have been better off after having been beaten silly by their teachers. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
monkinwonderland
Joined: 17 May 2007
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I support bringing the waterboard into the classroom. But that's just me |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| monkinwonderland wrote: |
| I support bringing the waterboard into the classroom. But that's just me |
yeah, I agree - especially for the guys that gang rape girls in the classrooms when no one is around
or hang ropes in trees to intimidate the students of color
or otherwise threaten and abuse any student who is not in their peer status quo group
yeah, heck yeah, let's bring back beatin' em - or just send them into the military where they can do it nice and legal - oops we already do that! oh well  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:08 pm Post subject: |
|
|
What does it say about you as a person when you openly advocate beating people who are not only smaller than you, but who you are also an authority figure to? So you're both larger and more physically intimidating than them, but you're also a teacher, so even if they wanted to, they'd be too scared to fight back or even defend themselves for fear of the repurcussions. Congratulations, you're awesome.
I imagine your nights involve intervals of watching fight videos on Youtube, jerking off to rape porn and crying in a corner, in no particular order. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
monkinwonderland
Joined: 17 May 2007
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:23 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| moosehead wrote: |
| monkinwonderland wrote: |
| I support bringing the waterboard into the classroom. But that's just me |
yeah, I agree - especially for the guys that gang rape girls in the classrooms when no one is around
or hang ropes in trees to intimidate the students of color
or otherwise threaten and abuse any student who is not in their peer status quo group
yeah, heck yeah, let's bring back beatin' em - or just send them into the military where they can do it nice and legal - oops we already do that! oh well |
All good examples, but I don't think we would want to limit the application of something like the waterboard |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
yawarakaijin
Joined: 08 Aug 2006
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:34 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Scotticus wrote: |
What does it say about you as a person when you openly advocate beating people who are not only smaller than you, but who you are also an authority figure to? So you're both larger and more physically intimidating than them, but you're also a teacher, so even if they wanted to, they'd be too scared to fight back or even defend themselves for fear of the repurcussions. Congratulations, you're awesome.
I imagine your nights involve intervals of watching fight videos on Youtube, jerking off to rape porn and crying in a corner, in no particular order. |
Oh, there is an order. First they get aroused by watching grown men fight. Then they have jerk off to rape porn because they have no conception of what it would be like for a woman to willingly get into bed with them. After that they cry, realizing how itty bitty their junk is. You had the order right. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
monkinwonderland
Joined: 17 May 2007
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:41 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| yawarakaijin wrote: |
| Scotticus wrote: |
What does it say about you as a person when you openly advocate beating people who are not only smaller than you, but who you are also an authority figure to? So you're both larger and more physically intimidating than them, but you're also a teacher, so even if they wanted to, they'd be too scared to fight back or even defend themselves for fear of the repurcussions. Congratulations, you're awesome.
I imagine your nights involve intervals of watching fight videos on Youtube, jerking off to rape porn and crying in a corner, in no particular order. |
Oh, there is an order. First they get aroused by watching grown men fight. Then they have jerk off to rape porn because they have no conception of what it would be like for a woman to willingly get into bed with them. After that they cry, realizing how itty bitty their junk is. You had the order right. |
All this scathing commentary reminds me of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69202hGRGGM |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
monkinwonderland
Joined: 17 May 2007
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:43 pm Post subject: |
|
|
All right, fun's over guys. I've overplayed my hand. Back to work I go.
I appreciate your indulging me. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
