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[Reggie]

My hagwon, an infamous Wonderland south of Seoul, has started preschool classes and diaper changes have become a part of the teaching duties.

This doesn't even deserve the 30 day notice the contract requires me to give. My boss says I won't get my apartment deposit if I quit instead of changing the poopy diapers. Will the labor board side with my boss or with me regarding the apartment deposit? What about a letter of release?

[YTMND]

Letter of release is up to them. If you give proper notice and just do more of the same for 30 days, then hopefully you can switch to a D10.

Personally, I would never walk into a kindy class or younger. I will visit 1st and 2nd graders one class each a week, no more. State these conditions upfront. And do a terrible job when teaching these younger classes if you don't want them.

If diaper changing is the only problem with the job, (only with Wonderland? Ok, we'll go with it), then I would see if there is a Korean office worker who could do it in exchange for English lessons or something to that effect.

If I had a job which I liked but one part was askew (or is that foul?) I would negotiate extra work in lieu of unwrapping presents.

[Reggie]

Ok, thanks for the reply. This hagwon is absolutely horrible, but this is the straw that breaks the camel's back. I'll probably forgo the LOR and go work in another country. Am I out of my apartment deposit too, or will the labor board back me up on it?

[transmogrifier]

Of course, it all depends on personal circumstances whether you can do it or not, but I would have quit on the spot if asked to do something like that.

[yfb]

[YTMND]

[cedarseoul]

OP, it's rarely in the hagwon's interest for the foreign teacher to just walk out. So you have an inherent advantage here. Tell your boss under *no circumstances* will you change diapers, and then offer (kindly/benevolently) to stay for 30 days (or whatever your contract stipulates) in exchange for your deposit and whatever else he contractually owes you.

As long as you give proper notice and adhere to the terms of the contract, labor will certainly side with you--and again, empty threats aside, it's *generally* in the hagwon's interest to comply with labor (they don't want the bad rep or the possible lawsuit later).

I suppose you could ask for the deposit in advance, as a kind of security--since your boss already threatened to withhold it. He might complain, but I mean--he's still got your last paycheck as HIS security, so fair's fair, right? :shrug:

[pegasus64128]

[Who's Your Daddy?]

I don't think Wonderland can have students that young under their govt. license. There is a specific criterion and licensing for day care facilities, and day care teachers. You (obviously) also don't have the license to be a day care teacher.

So they probably are breaking the law on those areas.

[ED209]

Tell them to wipe your arse.

Quit. see if you can get a D10, transfer, or resubmit your documents (talk to kimmi)

Report the school to the education board, these students sound way too young.

[The Sultan of Seoul]

Anyone who believes this is stooopid.

Korean parents letting a dirty foriegner change their kid's nappy, yah right.

[TheUrbanMyth]

[The Sultan of Seoul]

[hogwonguy1979]

its wonderland, i tend to believe the op given the rep that place has.

question is why would anybody with an active brain cell choose to work at wonderland? they've had this rep for over a decade now

you are better off living on the street than working there

[pegasus64128]

"Some say, the ghost of Reggie can still be seen changing diapers to this day!"