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Real Reality · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

English Programs Draw More Complaints
An increasing number of students going abroad to study English have complained about violations of contracts and requests for additional costs by agencies arranging study programs. The Korea Consumer Protection Board (KCPB) said Wednesday that it has received a total of 90 inquiry telephone calls from customers, which were related to English camps abroad or English learning programs, in the first half of this year.

"I paid 5 million won ($4,820) to send my son to Australia early this year through an agency for a 4-week English camp. The agency said three would be classes for three weeks, but the classes only ran for one week," said Lee Ok-hee, one of the victims. She insisted that her son's boarding house owner provided a non-educational environment, wherein drinking, smoking and playing poker surrounded her 13 year old.
By Kim Cheong-won, Korea Times (July 13, 2005)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200507/kt2005071319581053460.htm

steroidmaximus · Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Location: GangWon-Do

I wonder if the teachers had worked previously in Korea and were gettin' some payback

dulouz · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Location: Uranus

What am I doing here? Sounds like a plan.

cubanlord · Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: In Japan!

I wouldn't be surprised. It's amazing what happens when the Karma Ghost decides to set up shop on your shoulder....

joe_doufu · Joined: 09 May 2005 Location: Elsewhere

Did the foreign programs misrepresent themselves? Or did the Korean salespeople for the programs misrepresent the foreign programs?

dulouz · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Location: Uranus

Perhaps these schools are Korean overseas businesses

peppermint · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:22 pm Post subject:

If it was the school misreperesenting itself then it's a matter of contacting the Better Business Bureau ( do they have anything similar here?)

VanIslander · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject:

This thread is on the WRONG forum.
This forum is for issues about living in Korea for ESL teachers.
This thread belongs over on Current Events where a lot of interesting but irelevant Real Reality threads are housed.
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(And I first thought this was about more anti-Sex in the City by the locals and how English television programming may be affected. Which would a relevant thread for this forum.)