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[Mosley]

So, SCSA, the 1944 (July 20) German "conspirators" who attempted to "silence" Der Fuhrer were recognizing his "superiority" and "bestowing an honour" upon him??!!
If you really aren't a troll, then, man, get yourself to a shrink and get treatment for your delusions of grandeur! Don't forget to bring a pie....

[some waygug-in]

Some waygun:

What is the use of comparing two separate experiences?

Socrates had it right when he stated:

[Austin]

You said that you have to compare things to be able to judge things, so my question would be, why do you feel that you have to judge things?

Can not we just experience them?

By the way, thank you for pointing out my spelling errors, though I do not know exactly what you were referring to from your post. Moreover, I would like to return the favor by pointing out that it is compare and comparing, not compair and compairing.

I have always been a terrible speller, as my brain is not wired for it, but I try to learn a few words every day.

Thank you for understanding,

SCSA

[some waygug-in]

Touche. (sorry, there aren't any French accents on this keyboard)
As I have shown, I am an equally bad speller, but I wasn't referring to spelling. I was referring to the incorrect use of "except" where you should have used accept.
Check this site out if you don't belive me: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

Perhaps judge was a bad choice of words. I can experience an anal probe, and then I can say that I didn't particularly "like" the experience.

There are similarly, a lot of things I don't like about Korea, but in all fairness I can't go around blaming Korea for not being Mexico.

Korea is Korea is Korea and whether I love it or hate it, it is not going to change for me, you or anyone else.

It is a good place to make and then save some money though.

You say that you studied Korean back home, is that right? I am just curious, what text did you use? How would you rate your level of Korean? (Begginer/ intermediate/ advanced)

cheers

[rapier]

Austin, do your initials stand for "Super Cold Steve Austin" by any chance?

[humanuspneumos]

comparing the treatment foreigners and locals. Examples I've seen:

I've seen a local sleep at the work-shop desk and nobody blink. However, when the foreigners didn't stand during all and every class they were "lazy."


I've seen the foreigners taken out for meals while the local teachers were never invited.

I've seen the local teachers not be paid for months while the foreign teachers pay came like clock-work (however, that eventually evaporated and then the owner got cheap even with the foreigner)

I've seen a local teacher get punched repeatedly by a former employer standing in his new work-place only to punch him. I've seen a foreigner get punched and heard of other violences take place physically on the foreign teacher.

I've seen the local teacher fired for ineptness at the job site. I've seen the foreign teacher fired for ineptness at the job site.

I've seen the foreigner scream at the owner and "get-away" with it. I've never seen a local teacher scream and get away with it.

I've seen a local teacher not get paid, go to the labor board, and was rewarded pay at the cost of losing his job. I've seen the same for a foreigner.

I've heard of locals and their family members threatening legal action and carrying through with it to get pay. I've seen similar activity on a foreigner's part for the same.

I've seen owners go out coffeeing/drinking with their key local teachers and the same for foreigners.

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The BIG thing that differs and it's not in the owners control except to control himself because this is true (as we are sensitive when they come to study in our countries)- all this nasty and good stuff can happen and we do not have freedoms under the E-2 to move from place to place. We are out of our element in so many ways. That's part of the reason why the stakes are a lot higher for us on this point. Mom and Dad, Gramma and Grandpa, Aunty and Uncle, 4th cousin far removed and whatever nepotism exists isn't living down the street. Our lawyer isn't in Korea. Our chosen fortresses don't exist in Korea. When the stakes are increased so are food, clothing, shelter insecurities and the hope of actualizing our potential that we dreamed of. One might argue that they are generally paid less. So, that balances things out. I would argue that their tutoring goes unnoticed and know that some of them with freedoms we don't have are making up to 10,000,000 Won a month preparing uni students for TOEIC exams. There you go.

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As for Austin's comments- I think of Aristotle and an Eastern Mystic Guru meeting. The Guru says, "nothing exists." Aristotle gets a kettle of boiling water and holds it over the Guru's head and begins tipping it. The Guru with a look of panic on his face hops over and away from the boiling water. Aristotle says, "My friend, what are you doing?" The Guru says, "You were going to melt my flesh with that water." Aristotle grins a bit and says with smiling eyes, "Oh, my dear disciple. How can something that doesn't exist harm you?" Not 100% of what Austin says is untrue- however, at the end of the day I don't think that he can live with his own philosophy and simply lives within a false bubble of personification and multiple onion layers of defense mechanisms from a harsh childhood- just a theory and not intended to be a flame thrower as much as a reality check.

[Austin]

[Mosley]

You're a waste of space....