Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Sue_in_Daegu]

This thread is great. I've been wondering what to do. I haven't given my cell number or email, I would just rather keep that student/teacher professional relationship.
I get freaked out at my hagwon though. The female Korean teachers step over that line quite often. I teach with one female teacher who thinks it's cute (her words) to call the boy students her 'husbands', and kiss them for punishment. I've seen her pat them on the butt and they are required to buy her gifts. Another teacher took out two boy students to the movies alone - which seems pretty harmless. However, those two students had been sending texts to her phone continuously because they had crushes on her. She loved the attention. She's married. The rest of the students from that class seemed pretty sad they weren't invited.

[deessell]

I never give out my phone number. When they ask for it I say no. When they ask why not, I say that I don't want them calling me. It nips things in the bud quickly.

[Mr. Pink]

I wonder: those who say they would never give your phone number out, who do you teach?

When I worked at a hawgwon, I never gave my phone number out. I mean the people I taught were kids. I am sure when I did a housewife class, if they had asked for my number I would have given it, as I always have the option of NOT answering my phone right?

If you work at a university, I can see this being a little problem.

However, if you are working with adults, what is the problem? If you are teaching high school, what is the problem?

And for never meeting students outside your work environment, whynot?

I don't mean you should be buddy buddy with your students, but say for example, you are a high school teacher. Some students you taught for a year or two are now graduating and they want to have dinner with you. If the Korean teachers can do this, why can't you?

I think some ppl on this thread are just paranoid.

Smart thing: If they want your phone number, you get theirs. You add them to your cell phone. Guess what? You can get caller ID. So you know who is calling. Just start screening your calls.

If you teach in an environment where students may have questions about tests/homework/exams and you expect them to email you...well I am guessing you haven't been at that job very long.

[bosintang]

[Yu_Bum_suk]