Korean Job Discussion Forums

[smartwentcrazy]

[Riker]

A.)You still have not explained why this person is a "moron" for trying to get a job in Korea. I've never heard of a person failing a medical anything short of HIV or HEP-C or drugs. Neither of which he had.

B.)You were also seemingly unaware that the USA allows HIV infected people to immigrate here, and I will go out on a limb here and assume your from the USA.

Eagerly awaits explanation of both.

Correct answers are as follows:

A.) I was mistaken about Korean immigration policies.

B.) I'm not from the USA - or - I'm from the US, but am again ignorant of immigration policies.

[earthquakez]

Yes according to smartwentcrazy other countries won't let in people with diseases and certain conditions but he/she is completely wrong. My country the UK, the US, Australia and Canada to name only four have and do allow in migrants and asylum seekers with serious conditions such as HIV and TB to name only two.

I also like the way smartwentcrazy slags off people with STDs, in this case a poster asking a question re health standards for English teachers here. Personally I don't think it's an issue unless the poster is looking to infect his students with whatever he has and I doubt that.

On a wider scale, I accept Korea has the right to demand whatever health standards they like for 1 yr contract foreign English teachers but that doesn't make the demands reasonable. Nor do these demands improve public health in Korea because the mind boggles thinking of all the sexually transmitted diseases here and undiagnosed HIV because of Korean society's refusal to deal with the mainstream brothel culture for men especially married ones and the downlow culture of male homosexuality and bisexuality as a public health issue far bigger and more relevant than any to do with mostly temporary foreigners.

Crazy needs to brush up on his/her facts - smart they are not.

[madtownhustl]

Riker, I skimmed this thread and already understand what he said, and how your taking it out of context. He's talking about idiots who try to bypass the immigration process into this country. Nothing more, nothing less.
And sure, the U.S., according to you, may let ppl with the HIV into the country, but they still want these ppl(ppl with the HIV) documented...

[Riker]

[Steelrails]

Uhm, this is not going to be popular, but if you get an STD, generally its your own fault. Yes there are exceptions, but they are exceptions. I'm talking people from the developed world here, unlike Africa where children are born with HIV.

If you can't exercise self-control and good judgment so as to avoid that kind of thing, well...maybe you shouldn't be barred from entry, but its reason enough to raise red flags. Yes, yes everyone around the world engages in stupidity. Treating people with STDs like innocent victims is a bit much though.

And I'm sorry but the naive policy of free-travel with HIV has utterly failed to reduce the scope of the disease. Sometimes you have to be cold-blooded about things.

At the same time I say if you can trust people with guns, you should be able to trust people with AIDs. If you can't trust people carrying guns, well then you might not be able to trust people with AIDs. I support the 2nd Amendment, so to be consistent, I should support free travel for HIV infectees...

I guess you would have to ask yourself would you be fine with a law-abiding person who carries a legal concealed firearm into school teaching your children?

[some waygug-in]

Ahhheeeemmmm...

Back on topic,

The reason for so many health checks is because immigration doesn't communicate with the education office.

So even though you got a check done already for immigration, you have to do another for your local education office.


Some schools are more diligent at enforcing these checks than others.

[Riker]

[Steelrails]

[Riker]

We could make the same argument about letting people drive cars or drinking alcohol.

Both of which are much more likely to kill you in an industrialized nation.

[IlIlNine]

Obviously they are greatly concerned about your health! Take it as a compliment.

[madtownhustl]

[sadguy]

[NYC_Gal 2.0]

A good 25% of my students have cold sores on a fairly regular basis. I've also seen plenty of the teachers with them. I think I'll use my own cup for the ceremonial soju pour, thanks.

To the OP: I was told that I had to do another health check after having taken my renewal one. I asked why, and they said it was for all public school teachers. I asked if they could get a copy of the one I'd taken a month before, and they sent that one to the education office with no problems at all. See if you can get them to do that.