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[crazylemongirl]

One of my cutest, sweetest kids comes from a dirt poor family. Last year, he was the only kid in a winter shirt and tie waiting for his summer shirt to arrive.. I often see the teachers packing leftovers from lunch into his bag so it's obvious he comes from a very poor family. The kid is total wangta once some of the other students threw him out he window of his classroom and he often sports black eyes. But he's is always so pleasant and sweet.

I found out today that he was found trying to lift his homeroom teachers wallet. My minder remarked that he doesn't live with his parents, just his grandparents. It's sad that I see him going down a road to prison as he's such a sweet little guy.

[Mr. Literal]

[ilovebdt]

Hi CLG, I hear you.

There were two kids on a playscheme I worked on one summer and you could tell they just weren't being looked after. The organiser of the playscheme went round to their house and spoke to their parents, but we saw no drastic improvement. All we could do was make their time on the playscheme as fun and as memorable as possible.

Have any of the Korean teachers been to his house to talk to his grandparents?

In the meantime, I suppose the only thing you can do is to be as nice to him as possible without making it look like you are singling for special attention, which would make the other kids pick on him.

I hope those children who threw him out of the window were severely punished.

Good luck!

[Wrench]

One incident doesn't mean that he is going to turn into a criminal when he is older. I came from a poor background and I didn't end up a criminal, I thank the strong ethical and moral values that my grandmother taught me.

[crazylemongirl]

[Dan The Chainsawman]

CLG like it or not you may be in a position to impact the little rotter's life. I would certainly push for a visit round to his house.

In America there is a plethora of child related programs, in some cases far to many programs. In Korea this seems woefully lacking, which can be viewed as good or bad depending on your particular viewpoint.

However, given the Korean respect, or supposed Korean respect for the family structure I would hope that a visit to his Grandparents might tip the scales.

A reminder to all involved, he is a kid, and by golly they do stupid things on occasion. Its part of growing up and learning about how the world works.

[Mr. Literal]

[Ya-ta Boy]

There are lots of socially conscious civic groups out there, especially around universities. I have no way of figuring out how to find one but maybe someone else does... Many uni 'circles' spend time with the elderly and the poor. Worth a look into if anyone can figure out how to make a contact.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

What a sad story. Did he get caught by staff trying to lift the wallet? Hate to think what happened to him if he did. If you can communicate with him at all or find a Korean staff memeber who is sympathetic and can help maybe just taking him aside and saying that stealing is wrong, but you'll help him out from time to time if he has trouble, may be the way to go. Even merely knowing that there's a teacher who really cares about him may help him go a long way.

[crazylemongirl]

I don't have anything to do with the pastoral care of students and neither should I. Stricly the job of the korean teachers. I just get to see it.

[FUBAR]

[Zyzyfer]

[margaret]

[VanIslander]

[crazylemongirl]