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[viva]

Hey,

I've been doing research and homework on Korea for months and months. I feel confident that I know what I'm getting into when I arrive at the end of the month.

However, in all my research I keep coming across the word Gyopo and still have not figured out what it means.

Some job postings will say "Sorry, no gyopos" while others will say "looking for a gyopo".

What's the deal? What's a gyopo?

If someone can answer this stupid question for me I'd appreciate it.

Thanks

[Bulsajo]

A foreigner of Korean ancestry or a Korean emigr� (if I didn't get that exactly right I'm sure I'll hear about it).
Edit: The following applies to those schools advertising 'no gyopos'
In other words all the school really cares about is appearance- those who look Korean need not apply. I often think that Gyopos have the worst of both worlds...

[william beckerson]

Yeah. I have never worked with anyone in Korea who gets boned more than a gyopo.

[viva]

At long last...an answer!

Thanks for your replies, it all makes sense now.

[sid]

The only Korean-American I worked with had the best of both worlds! He was in his 40s and had lived in America for 15 years or so after he came out of the military. I used to feel that within our school he was in the enviable position of getting all the priviledges of being a foreign teacher (no admin tasks, generous contract, free housing) as well as the respect due to a Korean adjoshi. During the time I was working there he seemed to settle back into 'being Korean', and the American 'persona' and accent became more and more unconvincing, at least to 'real' foreigners. For him being a 'foreign teacher' was just this shallow identity which could be thrown on when it suited him, in the classroom obviously but also when student mothers were around and he wanted to pick up privates or, to take a different example, when a policeman was asking for a driver's license!

Of course none of this would matter much if he was a decent English teacher; but the consensus was that he was hopeless!

[Dan]

[Bulsajo]

[Dan]

does getting the shaft mean that the cool private d__k who gets all the chicks is coming over, or.... i don't think i can top that :/

[weatherman]

[gang ah jee]

I've been scored by a gyopo. Playaz, pure and simple

[allnitedj72]

Ok, so I'm getting both sides of the story. I assume that I am a gyopo, being an adopted half-korean/half-caucassian.

So... Please define getting boned.

I'm going to assume that whether I get the best or worst of both worlds will depend on where I am teaching, right?