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[itiswhatitis]

The incident of this former expat/"celebrity" makes me wonder about what to do if one has witnessed strange behaviour from expat teachers.

During my time here I have never seen any strange/suspicious behaviour from any native teachers......BUT what can one actually do if one does? I mean if there is a weirdo teacher who seems overly affectionate with the kids it seems to me that there really isn't much you can do. You could gossip to co-workers if you wanted but as far as taking action it seems that there is virtually no possible action that can be taken.

As an aside I do not think that expats are any more likely than anyone else to be a pedophile (except for maybe the fact that being a teacher puts them in contact with children).

[PatrickGHBusan]

[archaeologist5]

[Captain Corea]

There's a line between "strange" and "illegal/immoral". Strange is such a huge category too.

When I did teach kids, there was a lot of interaction with them. We'd play tons of games, arm wrestle, and at one point, all went to a summer camp with a pool.

To me, none of that was odd, but I do recall working with one guy who didn't like the interaction with the children. He was a good guy, but just didn't like to play. I suppose that was strange in a way, but in the opposite sense of the OP.

What I'm getting at is - if I ever saw something that I thought was over the line, I'd step in and confront them immediately. None of this telling the owner about it. See a guy with a hand up a kid's shirt, walk, up, pull it out, ask the kid to head to another room… and sort things with that "teacher".

But the thing is, I've never seen anything like that. Nothing even close. Nothing that ever tweaked my radar in that way. I've worked with morons and drunks, but never anyone that set off the pedo-radar.

[PatrickGHBusan]

I had doubts about one foreign co-worker years ago. Only worked with him for a few months but he was kind of "touchy" with the kids. This does not mean he was a pedo but a few of us on staff had doubts.


As for strange, well the list of strange foreigners I encountered in my time in Korea is damn long, much like that of any long term foreign resident I assume!

[yodanole]

When faced with strange or questionable behavior, I usually log off of Dave's and go do something else....

[kengreen]

I mind my own business unless I have proof. That seems like the best policy.

[duhweecher]