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[canadian_in_korea]

My husband and I watched the show...he translated the Korean part of it for me. After it was over he said that the show also pointed out the fact that Korean people place too much emphasis on English education...hmmm...perhaps someone is suggesting they should admit they may possibly be part of the problem..? I did notice "Canadian" mentioned quite often...but hey...not all Canadian's are "nice, good kind and polite" people. After the show was over I did say to my husband..."How many Korean men, who watched the show, will tell their wives they aren't allowed to have a private tutor?" After that guy said he only had sex with one woman two times because she felt guilty because she was married. Well, one thing that occurs to me is that anyone who had a degree is able to come here and teach.....what about all those pedophiles who get squeezed out of communities in their own country...? perhaps Korean immigration should also require a criminal record check.....but then....can you get a passport if you have a criminal record? Maybe someone here knows.....is anything like that checked before a teacher is hired? I certainly hope so.

[peppermint]

In answer to the last poster- for public school gigs, they usually require a full medical, and letter of conduct from the authorities in your home country, though that's usually made out to be a formality. Come to think of it, the recruiter who got me my first job asked for a letter of conduct too, but she was a lot more thorough than most I think.

I hope some good does come from this mess, and that the ESL industry does get cleaned up a bit. I wonder though- will the Koreans realize they need to work on things from their side too?

[inkoreaforgood]

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

[eamo]

[Badmojo]

Protests?

Come on.

If you're so offended, the only way you can protest this is by leaving the country.

At the end of the day, Korea is for Koreans. They're going to do whatever they want here. Slag teachers, have anti-US demonstrations, piss on foreigners, treat them well, whatever, who knows? They're gonna live on in the Korean way.

As for me, I'm not offended. I don't care.

I like it too much here!

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

[Badmojo]

[Derrek]

Well, I know one thing is for sure... the thousands of English teachers return home, and each one of them is an ambassador with a story to tell. When they get home, they tell stories. I know I do. It can't be helping Korea on the world business front. Also, can I say: wow, can one have a post on here that's NOT deleted?

[Rather_Dashing]

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

[Blind Willie]

You know Tibs, I agree on the part about not everyone here is a drunken frat boy, and listening to them is like taking advice from them is like listening to the homeless guy telling you about aliens stealing our thoughts.

But I think we need to realize that the change cant be forced from the outside... unless we're talking Japanese invasion level forced change... Korean folks have to do the change themselves.

And change they will, because Koreans are marrying more and more foreigners. Thai, Vietnamese, American, Japanese. There will be a multi-ethinic generation arising here in Korea soon, and they will be the ones to change attitudes.

But Badmojo is right in one regard, we simply dont matter here. Raising a stink will do nothing but justify things for the bigots.

Your kids are a different story. Fill them up with what is good, and they will be the ones to change things, you just need to trust them

[The Lemon]

[VanIslander]

[The Lemon]

Then one person's "independence" and "resilience" is another's bigotry and xenophobia.