Korean Job Discussion Forums

[tophatcat]

[rainism]

[Stout]

Well you know, not all the ps teachers are going to be trophy material for a Korean rich guy, you have to account for some variability. And not all the NETs are going to be janitor material, either. So some stuff is bound to go down somewhere.

[myenglishisno]

[sirius black]

I've always been called teacher either in english or korean. I told them its okay to call me by my first name and some stil called me teacher.

[myenglishisno]

[liveinkorea316]

Of course the children are taught to call foreign teachers Wonomin by the Korean faculty. It is the same as if a parent teaches their child to swear or not to - kids copy their elders in authority because they perceive that as the correct or appropriate way.

In terms of K-teachers marrying NETS, well you also have to remember that there are a large number of K-teachers in their 20's. That is when they are more likely to fall for their handsome young NET teacher. They might get married a few years later, but you gotta remember that K-women teachers graduate at about 24-25 years old and go into teaching positions. I know a couple of 25 and 26 year old teachers. It is quite possible they could marry a handsome NET if he came to their school and swept them off their feet.

Remember, if someone is specialising in teaching a foreign language they already have an interest in that culture and usually the people in it.

It is completely natural, and although it goes against social classes here, we all know that Korean social class structure is breaking down at a fairly quick rate - Women getting government jobs, performance-based pay, acceptance of foreign peoples...

[maladict23]

Yup - the KH and KJ are pretty lame compared to the Japan Times, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, the Bangkok Post and Thailand's The Nation, and Singapore/Kuala Lumpur's Strait Times. All of these papers are weighty both in size and in authority and influence.

And that editorial writer at the KH these days - a good argument could be made about whether she's representative of a leftist bent in the Korean media these days, or if she's a former radical student wingnut now enjoying a position of power. The KH is a waste of trees.

Except Cho Se-Hyun's Seoul Searcher. He's too good for that bunch.

[cert43]

I would never date a Korean guy again, but that doesn't mean white guys are off the hook either.

They are either raging alches or nerds..

[myenglishisno]

[cert43]

Well, thats good...luckily the old boyfreind is inbetween so we don't have any worries there...

[minos]

[Yaya]

[rainism]

[TheUrbanMyth]