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dairyairy
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Location: South Korea
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| transmogrifier wrote: |
| atwood wrote: |
He's been up and running for five years. It sounds like he's doing OK.
Unless he's hiring certified teachers or providing some kind of training, it seems a bit of a low blow to blame (some of) his (former) employees. But that's what happens when the suits are in charge. Check out George Clooney's latest diatribe against the hedge fund manager who's trying to influence Sony pictures. |
I work with an American guy whose (Korean) wife owns a hogwan, and he's involved in the hiring process for foreign teachers. He has several stories about how crap some of the teachers have been. I've told him he should interview better, but there are plenty of crap teachers out there to go with the crap owners. |
If they treat good teachers like crap, and so many do, the word gets around. The same thing goes for parents. Besides, other hagwon owners screw each other over and that's a part of the industry they can't blame on low-level teachers. |
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transmogrifier
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 6:53 am Post subject: |
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| dairyairy wrote: |
| transmogrifier wrote: |
| atwood wrote: |
He's been up and running for five years. It sounds like he's doing OK.
Unless he's hiring certified teachers or providing some kind of training, it seems a bit of a low blow to blame (some of) his (former) employees. But that's what happens when the suits are in charge. Check out George Clooney's latest diatribe against the hedge fund manager who's trying to influence Sony pictures. |
I work with an American guy whose (Korean) wife owns a hogwan, and he's involved in the hiring process for foreign teachers. He has several stories about how crap some of the teachers have been. I've told him he should interview better, but there are plenty of crap teachers out there to go with the crap owners. |
If they treat good teachers like crap, and so many do, the word gets around. The same thing goes for parents. Besides, other hagwon owners screw each other over and that's a part of the industry they can't blame on low-level teachers. |
Oh, no doubt - the crap owners and teachers tend to end up gravitating towards each other. I'm not saying that anyone here in particular is a crap teacher because their current boss is crap - everyone has the potential to be duped into taking a bad job - but as you say, eventually when the reputation spreads, the good teachers will know to stay away, and the bad teachers will take what they can get. |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 7:05 am Post subject: |
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| transmogrifier wrote: |
| the good teachers will know to stay away, and the bad teachers will take what they can get. |
We all know thats not really what happens.
The young female american teachers get the plumb jobs and the good teachers take what they can get. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 8:32 am Post subject: |
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| Julius wrote: |
| transmogrifier wrote: |
| the good teachers will know to stay away, and the bad teachers will take what they can get. |
We all know thats not really what happens.
The young female american teachers get the plumb jobs and the good teachers take what they can get. |
So Julius, when are you getting that sex change operation and hair dye job? |
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