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American English teacher robs convenience store in Daegu
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Scorpion



Joined: 15 Apr 2012

PostPosted: Sun May 19, 2013 9:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He was probably corrupted by working day in and day out alongside foreigners at his school. I'm waiting for the Board of Education to put out a circular telling Korean teachers to avoid all unnecessary contact with foreign teachers outside the classroom.
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Steelrails



Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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PostPosted: Sun May 19, 2013 9:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

asylum seeker wrote:
Time to fix the loophole and require Korean-Americans to get background checks too.


Loophole doesn't exist for E-2 Korean Americans as well as F-4s working for public schools. As for hagwons, F-series of both Korean and non-Korean descent may or may not be subject to CBCs, depending on the hagwon.

The only loophole that needs to be closed is the hagwon loophole for F-series visas, both foreigners married to Koreans and overseas Koreans. This loophole has involved a couple of scuzzy people slipping through, from both groups.
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young_clinton



Joined: 09 Sep 2009

PostPosted: Tue May 21, 2013 7:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Isn't it reasonable to assume he got into this job in Korea because he had no priors? No priors means a criminal record check would not stop him from coming in. With that in mind what is the government and the schools going to do now, possibly go tooth and comb over past employment?

Also, if they want people who are not going to rob stores, then why not hire prospective teachers that are older? Older means more years to show your true colors and stupidity, and even if a person is that type, they are going to be less impulsive. But I don't think they would be honest with themselves about that. Korea is becoming more Thailandized it seems, 'Let's keep up the fa�ade that we like it's more important'.
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Mix1



Joined: 08 May 2007

PostPosted: Sun May 26, 2013 7:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Julius wrote:
Seems like most of the big esl offendors have been Korean-American.

There was that cop-killer on the run a few years back and also that rapist guy.
High strike rate for such a small demographic.


Seems like the ratio of cool ones to douchey ones here is pretty low. Or maybe the loud gangsta wannbe types just stand out more and we just don't see the cool ones.

I worked a job that had a few Korean-Americans WITH criminal records from back home. Not sure how they got jobs here or which visa they were on, although one of them had some kind of family connections that got him in the door.

I don't think management knew about his record, but it was ironic that WE all had to pass drug tests, yet he didn't, and he would brag about that. He was a spoiled rich kid from what the others said.

Makes sense that some might come back to the motherland to escape/avoid certain legal problems and just skate on in no questions asked, or have someone pulling strings for them.

Whatever the loopholes are, they should look into closing them so that nobody with criminal records can just skate on in.
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