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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| Real Reality wrote: |
Do You Need Therapy?
"Koreans tend to think the problem is caused by someone else, that it does not lie within the Self" |
 The pot calling the kettle black. |
I second that. |
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TECO
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 8:07 am Post subject: |
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Why can't you just say 'foreign?'
It's not just the 'foreign' English teachers that are bitter.
Locals are just as bitter, as well. |
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Cedar
Joined: 11 Mar 2003
Location: In front of my computer, again.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 8:13 am Post subject: |
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| I ain't bitter. |
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 8:47 am Post subject: |
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Professor Chey Jean-yung, a neuropsychologist at Seoul National University, agrees that psychotherapy is not hugely successful and that Koreans should be educated how to cope with the rapid changes in their society. "Koreans tend to think the problem is caused by someone else, that it does not lie within the Self," Professor Chey Jean-yung said.
Professor Chey would like Koreans to "look inside" and explore their inner worlds. When she returned from the United States nine years ago, she noticed a lot of anger and stress in Seoul.
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200403/kt2004031817153511680.htm |
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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Paji eh Wong wrote: |
One that hasn't been mentioned yet is hagwons and your sense of worth. This won't be popular in some quarters, but lets face it, lots of people here are overpaid babysitters. I was my first year, and I knew it. I found that getting paid all of that money to not deliver on promises that were made in my name made me bitter and pissed off all the time. I didn't feel like I was earning it.
I figure most people here work in hagwons, and most hagwons aren't schools. That means a majority of FT in Korea aren't really earning their keep, and know it on some level. Some of the most bitter people I've met here are certified teachers. Who was it who said that "Either what you do every day is important, or nothing is"? |
Excellent post. I agree with your conclusion 100%.
While many foreign teachers in Korea really do not like being in Korea I actually enjoyed the country a lot and wish that I could have stayed longer. It was my hagwon job that I could not stand.
Like you said, "overpaid babysitter" sums it up nicely. Now I could have just faked being a teacher and not cared about what I was doing but I found that to be impossible. I definitely felt that I was just there to merely entertain the kids and bring in more money. That really bothered me. I soon realized that I was not considered to be a real teacher by the school. The kids also realized this as well and gave me the respect that they would give a clown.
It led to me becoming depressed about my job. Eventually I started wondering about my self-worth. Do the kids really think I'm an idiot? Is this all I was good for? Am I really unemployable back home?
I ended up quitting just 3 months shy of my finish date. It effected me that much.
I loved my time in South Korea. I just couldn't cut it in the hagwon business. |
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