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crashlanding
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 Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 6:13 am Post subject: Korean-language media reqeust |
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coralreefer_1
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 7:56 am Post subject: |
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I cant imagine a Korean journalist with any real reputation for journalism picking this up.
Pretty much the only way slights against foreigners make it to be taken seriously or otherwise covered by Korean journalists are when they are covered by foreign press FIRST.
I would suggest contacting the international press departments of international outlets..and in particular, writing articles/emails to the international accreditation agencies that SKY universities are all too eager to flaunt. |
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PatrickGHBusan
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 10:00 am Post subject: |
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It depends what was said (by you) in your class and what the disciplinary action was.
Taking it to the press might be a real bad move if you wish to keep your job or have another university position in Korea.
I for one would take a pause here, think this through in terms of cost vs benefit.
If you made a real bad comment then you should have expected KOREAN students to react no?
Anyway, good luck to you and as far as journalists go, if you insist on doing this you best be aware of the slander and libel laws in Korea.... |
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crashlanding
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:46 am Post subject: |
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Dave Chance
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:57 am Post subject: |
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| So what exactly got construed as disrespecting Korean culture? |
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Drew10
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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So you plan on letting the entire country know you insulted their culture?
Doesn't seem like a smart move to me. |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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I'm a tenure-track professor at a SKY university and I've recently received disciplinary action for insulting Korean culture in my classes.
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I've already left Korea for a position in my home country.
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I'd like to report the apathy to freedom of speech to the Korean media, but I don't know any journalists and certainly not any who speak English well enough for me to communicate with them.
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The poor treatment of foreign faculty in Korean universities has been covered quite heavily in the Korean-language media; of course people who don't speak Korean and don't read the Korean press aren't aware of this.
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The inconsistency is consistent with living in Korea.
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 3:07 am Post subject: |
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If I was interested in continuing to pursue my career in Korea, do you think I'd be asking?
I've already left Korea for a position in my home country. I'm looking to uncover the lack of international standards in Korean universities. |
Yet in your opening post you state you ARE a tenure-track professor at SKY University.
So which is it? Are or were?
As for the rest, it is all up to you but frankly speaking it does not sound like much of a story to start with. As for you looking to uncover the lack of international standards at Korean Universities...
How many did you work at to be discussing them in general?
This sounds more like a crusade than anything else.
Still, if you feel this strongly about it, you better have proof or no serious journalist will hear you out (Korean or other). |
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crashlanding
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:19 am Post subject: |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:42 am Post subject: |
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I know a professor of education who has covered this topic extensively and he was kind enough to let me know quite a bit about how the treatment of foreign faculty has been covered in the popular press.
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Sounds like you already know the person you sought.
You're welcome.
Still smells here
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crashlanding
Joined: 29 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:21 am Post subject: |
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| I came here to cast a wider net. Thanks anyway, guys. |
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mnjetter
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:48 am Post subject: |
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| I know a journalist. PM me with details if you want me to pass them on. Can't guarantee anything, of course. |
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PatrickGHBusan
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:56 am Post subject: |
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"So which is it? Are or were?"
I'm still being paid by the university and my contract isn't over, but I've already left the country for another job.
And, TJ, while I don't know Korean journalists and can't read Korean media, I know a professor of education who has covered this topic extensively and he was kind enough to let me know quite a bit about how the treatment of foreign faculty has been covered in the popular press. Chosun Ilbo and Maeil Business News in particular have covered these stories a lot, and I will probably just go to them. I was hoping people of this forum would be able to help me with a personal connection; apparently not.
I hope that clarifies the confusion. |
So you want to share your experience with a journalist in the hopes he or she publishes a story on the wider troubles of foreign professors in Korea? |
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Konglishman
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:50 am Post subject: |
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Although I have already left on vacation, I am still technically a nontenure track assistant professor (until the end of August). Anyways, from what I have seen and know, mistreatment of foreign professors is fairly systematic (with some notable exceptions).
My own suggestion is that you try to highlight how this makes it difficult to keep foreign professors. After all, why should a PhD holder (or a master's degree holder in my case) tolerate being held to a double standard and so forth? Further, with professors from developing nations being given much worse pay, the more fortunate American colleagues (and other professors from developed nations) will naturally feel guilty that they are better treated (at least terms of pay) than their less fortunate colleagues from places such India. Few foreign professors will want to stay and be part of such a given situation. |
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