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[The Great Wall of Whiner]

Mikey from the Life Cereal Commerical Dies from Injesting Pop Rocks and Coke:

http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/sleuth/legends/legend3.htm

Wow...you are right.

[stalinsdad]

Well done whiner you have illustrated the obsurdity of believing any old crap.
Jo simi da

[rudyflyer]

get this back on topic before I lock it

[The Great Wall of Whiner]

Stalinsdad wrote:

[The King of Kwangju]

I never meant to derail the topic. As I said, it was an aside.

I'd also be curious to see and hakwan director's database, but I doubt it exists: too much organization and too much work. Now Hollywood, on the other hand...

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.05/hollywood.html

Sorry, another aside.

Back in 1996, the hakwan directors in KJ used to meet regularly to discuss bad teachers, bad students, and do a little old-fashioned price fixing.

How do I know?

My director was paying big money to recruiters back then. In those days, there weren't a lot of them - if you didn't like your recruiter, it was hard to find another one. Directors were hog-tied by these recruiters, and not many people were coming to Korea as it was.

Anyways, I showed my director www.eslcafe.com. At that time, posting a job for a school was free. He was elated. He went to the Secret Hakwan Director's Meeting and told them all about it and he and they thanked me profusely.

Shortly thereafter this site went nuclear and they started charging for ads.

So Dave Sperling, if you're reading this, you might find it in your heart to toss the King a few dollars for the favour.

Interestingly enough, that director eventually switched back to recruiters again. For one, there were more recruiters and competition between them was stiffer. For another, teachers got good at using the esl job board to pit one hakwan against the other to get the best deals.

The director found that paying a recruiter to enlist an innocent from a uni campus was well worth the $$ in the long run.

Sorry for the aside again. Just enjoying my morning coffee before starting work.

[Harvard Material]

Apparently, I too was blacklisted at Immigration, but I don't think Immigration can swear absolute truth with the hakwon owners. Like Whiner said; what about owners who refuse to pay health insurance, proper taxes, pension, overtime, etc...they are going to give an outstanding reference to individuals who demand the signed agreement be recognised? Hardly. The owner has a damn good reason to blacklist a person who is a threat, and that is why they do it.
Immigration wants facts, not opinions. You can't get kicked out of the country because someone wants you out. You must do something seriously wrong, and the accuser has to prove it.

The false accusations Immigration was given about me were purely personal between the institute and myself. The hakwon wanted me out of Korea, and it failed because I hadn't done anything to excuse such serious measures.

You can't be blacklisted because anybody has a personal disagreement with/against you! You have to break a law. It has to be a warranted reason, and saying "He/She is a bad person!", doesn't cut it. Nor does stating he/she is not good for Korean society. Immigration doesn't care about the crap goings on between teacher's and owner's. If you were caught selling/buying drugs? You're on your own. Fighting and guilty? Bye-bye. Upset a hakwon owner? Well, isn't that a crime!

As for changing a name to return here? What?? Isn't that a bit extreme? I wouldn't change my name for love or gold...I certainly wouldn't change it when pressed by Immigration of Seoul, or some begging hakwon owner. As a matter of fact, I would not return here at all. Think of the complications that could rise when your name is changed. I don't think that is a very simple, or wise remedy. It's ridiculous...