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birdflower
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Location: Australia
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 Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:19 am Post subject: ESL Foreign Teachers Create Union in South Korea |
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ESL foreign teachers have recently created a labor union in South Korea.
Awesome! This is great news. 
This is the second such union in the country. I hope to see more created.
ESL foreign teachers in Korea are too vulnerable to exploitation which too often happens. We need to be empowered.
The success of this lastest teacher union is an inspiration to us all.
Native English Teachers Establish a Labour Union in Incheon
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newken
Joined: 03 Apr 2009
Location: Gwangju
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| Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 3:33 am Post subject: |
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| A total of 22,905 foreign nationals are here on E-2 English teaching visas as of Oct. 31 this year, according to the Ministry of Justice. Of them, 134 overstayed their visa, the ministry said. |
That's unbelievably low. These days, virtually one thirds of all people I encounter in South Korea seem to work as English teachers whether at school or at hakwon. Some are reasonably good with over 950 TEPS and nearly perfect GRE scores and able to teach grammar/writing just as well as any UK/US English professor at HUFS, Seoul. Most of the rest... earn under US$2,000 / month though. |
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Maserial
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
Location: The Web
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| Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 3:45 am Post subject: |
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| A total of 22,905 foreign nationals are here on E-2 English teaching visas as of Oct. 31 this year, according to the Ministry of Justice. Of them, 134 overstayed their visa, the ministry said. |
That's unbelievably low. These days, virtually one thirds of all people I encounter in South Korea seem to work as English teachers whether at school or at hakwon. Some are reasonably good with over 950 TEPS and nearly perfect GRE scores and able to teach grammar/writing just as well as any UK/US English professor at HUFS, Seoul. Most of the rest... earn under US$2,000 / month though. |
Red: What does that have to do with, well, anything? |
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newken
Joined: 03 Apr 2009
Location: Gwangju
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| Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 4:54 am Post subject: |
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| Maserial wrote: |
| newken wrote: |
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| A total of 22,905 foreign nationals are here on E-2 English teaching visas as of Oct. 31 this year, according to the Ministry of Justice. Of them, 134 overstayed their visa, the ministry said. |
That's unbelievably low. These days, virtually one thirds of all people I encounter in South Korea seem to work as English teachers whether at school or at hakwon. Some are reasonably good with over 950 TEPS and nearly perfect GRE scores and able to teach grammar/writing just as well as any UK/US English professor at HUFS, Seoul. Most of the rest... earn under US$2,000 / month though. |
Red: What does that have to do with, well, anything? |
Does everything on this forum always have to do with something? So far, quite many posts seem to discuss... just drinking and sex usually. What's wrong about GRE scores? |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| this happened awhile ago and we already had at least a couple threads on it.. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 5:47 am Post subject: |
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| This happened in 2009 and was the subject of a few threads OP....but glad it made you happy. |
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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 6:21 am Post subject: |
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| newken wrote: |
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Red: What does that have to do with, well, anything? |
Does everything on this forum always have to do with something?
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Yes. If you want to read random postings about anything at all, I believe that Google has a button for getting a random web page.
| newken wrote: |
So far, quite many posts seem to discuss... just drinking and sex usually. |
If you don't like those topicsthen stop writing "drinking sex" in the search box. |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 1:20 am Post subject: |
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Many of us just wish the hagwons would be forced to honor contracts and pay taxes/pension/health insurance. It's Korean LAW but they are allowed to ignore the law.  |
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Captain Obvious
Joined: 23 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Has it worked? Has it made any difference? Don't think so. |
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Sleepy in Seoul
Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Going in ever decreasing circles until I eventually disappear up my own fundament - in NZ
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| Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| newken wrote: |
| Some are reasonably good with over 950 TEPS and nearly perfect GRE scores and able to teach grammar/writing just as well as any UK/US English professor at HUFS, Seoul. |
What the hell is GRE and what does it have to do with anything? |
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jiberish
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Location: The Carribean Bay Wrestler
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| Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I thought unions were illegal here. Guess I was wrong. |
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