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bellum99 · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: don't need to know

Just joking....

But I do think that background checks should be done on many people. I think I have worked with a couple of men who shouldn't be around children.

They get that dreamy look on their faces when the ten year old girl is sitting on their lap....creeps me out thinking about those guys still in Korea.

some waygug-in · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

Perhaps that 'dreamy look' has more to do with dreaming that their contract were over and they are away from a room full of little tyrants.

Your accusations are pretty subjective, you are calling these guys pedophiles based on what?

a dreamy look?

I am not saying criminal checks are bad.....they are indeed a good thing,

but let's not get carried away here.

seoulsista · Joined: 31 Aug 2005

So long as the school's paying for it they can check away but I have a feeling it this became a law any number of school's are going to try to put the burden on the teacher.

poet13 · Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:12 pm Post subject:

Criminal checks would be a good thing... M2W (My 2 Won)

red dog · Joined: 31 Oct 2004

What teacher lets a 10-year-old sit on his (or her) lap?

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

Grotto · Joined: 21 Mar 2004

red dog · Joined: 31 Oct 2004

Yes, I realize some teachers do behave that way and that's why the checks are necessary ... obviously. Confused

I was just surprised to see that the OP had worked with more than one of these characters and nothing was done about them even after such blatant misconduct. Hopefully this will be a wake-up call and the industry can weed out the undesirables.

lastat06513 · Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:47 pm Post subject:

Ok, lets start thinking of police checks.

BUT----

If they do start conducting police checks, lets do ALL teachers to include pre-existing teachers and those with F-visas.

Whats good for the goose is good for the gander....

The Chewbacca Defense · Joined: 29 May 2004 Location: The ROK and a hard place

At my university we all had to police checks at the start of last month....

I guess its a good idea.

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

I support checks at the school or governments expense.

Lizara · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Location: Seoul

I'm thinking the police checks they don't do would improve the quality of teaching in Korea vastly more than all this "sealed transcript, sealed in exactly the right way and not more than three months old" crap...

zappadelta · Joined: 31 Aug 2004

zappadelta · Joined: 31 Aug 2004

gartonator · Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Location: NYC today, Seoul asap

Is this due to the Thailand-teaching-Jon-Bennet-Ramsey guy?

Just wondering if that's causing any buzz over there. It's all you see on the news here. pathetic.