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spelljunkie
Joined: 01 Mar 2014 Location: United States
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:04 pm Post subject: Health Check - Color Blindness |
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The health check says they test your vision, including the color-blindness test. Does anyone know if failing the color blindness test is actually something they will deny a person a work visa over...?
I'm red-green color blind, but don't see how seeing some colors a slightly different shade has anything to do with a persons health or ability to teach English...
So I guess I am asking: Is there anyone in this forum who is any type of color blind that was granted OR denied a Korean work visa for teaching English?
Thanks!
(and please, if you aren't color blind, don't bother responding to this question because I could [i]guess[/i] at the answer also ) |
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Lucas
Joined: 11 Sep 2012
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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The health check says they test your vision, including the color-blindness test. Does anyone know if failing the color blindness test is actually something they will deny a person a work visa over...?
I'm red-green color blind, but don't see how seeing some colors a slightly different shade has anything to do with a persons health or ability to teach English...
So I guess I am asking: Is there anyone in this forum who is any type of color blind that was granted OR denied a Korean work visa for teaching English?
Thanks!
(and please, if you aren't color blind, don't bother responding to this question because I could guess at the answer also ) |
It shouldn't be a problem for you. Last figures (2006) showed that 46% of Koreans suffer from red/green colour blindness.
That's why i'm always extra patient when the traffic lights change colour and the car stays stationary for a good 40 seconds after....... |
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spelljunkie
Joined: 01 Mar 2014 Location: United States
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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 5:10 am Post subject: |
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Lucas: sorry to be a dick but:
1) Only approximately 8% of the worlds male population and 0.5% of the female population is ANY type of color blind (the average is closer to 5% in Asian people). The 46% figure you give to just red-green color blindness in Korea is wildly inaccurate.
2) If you are red-green color blind, you have no problems seeing traffic lights - if you were color blind you would know that.
Which is why I specifically stated in my original question "and please, if you aren't color blind, don't bother responding to this question because I could [i]guess[/i] at the answer also"
So, Thanks for your response, but it was entirely unhelpful. Has nothing to do with the immigration question. |
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Savant
Joined: 25 May 2007
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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 6:00 am Post subject: |
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Color blindness won't prevent you from working in Korea. Been here for 5 years now.
@spelljunkie. I think Lucas' comment was a little tongue-in-cheek regarding Koreans' approach to traffic matters.
Green means Go.
Red can also mean Go if the way ahead is clear or you are going fast enough; partcularly, if you are a bus driver, taxi driver or a d!ck who drives an Equus. |
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isitts
Joined: 25 Dec 2008 Location: Korea
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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 6:10 am Post subject: |
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spelljunkie wrote: |
Lucas: sorry to be a dick but:
1) Only approximately 8% of the worlds male population and 0.5% of the female population is ANY type of color blind (the average is closer to 5% in Asian people). The 46% figure you give to just red-green color blindness in Korea is wildly inaccurate.
2) If you are red-green color blind, you have no problems seeing traffic lights - if you were color blind you would know that.
Which is why I specifically stated in my original question "and please, if you aren't color blind, don't bother responding to this question because I could guess at the answer also"
So, Thanks for your response, but it was entirely unhelpful. Has nothing to do with the immigration question. |
Wow. Not to be a dick, but I think color blindness will be the least of your problems here. |
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drcrazy
Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Location: Pusan. Yes, that's right. Pusan NOT Busan. I ain't never been to no place called Busan
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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 6:49 am Post subject: |
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isitts wrote: |
spelljunkie wrote: |
Lucas: sorry to be a dick but:
1) Only approximately 8% of the worlds male population and 0.5% of the female population is ANY type of color blind (the average is closer to 5% in Asian people). The 46% figure you give to just red-green color blindness in Korea is wildly inaccurate.
2) If you are red-green color blind, you have no problems seeing traffic lights - if you were color blind you would know that.
Which is why I specifically stated in my original question "and please, if you aren't color blind, don't bother responding to this question because I could guess at the answer also"
So, Thanks for your response, but it was entirely unhelpful. Has nothing to do with the immigration question. |
Wow. Not to be a dick, but I think color blindness will be the least of your problems here. |
On the topic of guessing, I guess that isitts' guess is correct, |
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drcrazy
Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Location: Pusan. Yes, that's right. Pusan NOT Busan. I ain't never been to no place called Busan
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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 7:07 am Post subject: |
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaColor blindness, or color vision deficiency, is the inability or decreased ability to see color, or perceive color differences, under normal lighting conditions. Color blindness affects a significant percentage of the population.[1] There is no actual blindness but there is a deficiency of color vision. The most usual cause is a fault in the development of one or more sets of retinal cones that perceive color in light and transmit that information to the optic nerve. This type of color blindness is usually a sex-linked condition. Wow!!! Live and Learn. Color blindness is a STD  |
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spelljunkie
Joined: 01 Mar 2014 Location: United States
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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 7:43 am Post subject: |
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Thank You Savant for answering my question.
Sorry to the rest of you for correcting someone giving false information. No wait, I'm not sorry. F*ck You, Trolls! |
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greatunknown
Joined: 04 Feb 2010
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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 8:11 am Post subject: Re: Health Check - Color Blindness |
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spelljunkie wrote: |
The health check says they test your vision, including the color-blindness test. Does anyone know if failing the color blindness test is actually something they will deny a person a work visa over...?
I'm red-green color blind, but don't see how seeing some colors a slightly different shade has anything to do with a persons health or ability to teach English...
So I guess I am asking: Is there anyone in this forum who is any type of color blind that was granted OR denied a Korean work visa for teaching English?
Thanks!
(and please, if you aren't color blind, don't bother responding to this question because I could guess at the answer also ) |
Im red-green colorblind.. they test for it and of course I always fail the test. It will not effect your ability to get a work visa.. |
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drcrazy
Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Location: Pusan. Yes, that's right. Pusan NOT Busan. I ain't never been to no place called Busan
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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 8:13 am Post subject: |
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스펠정키 윌 네버 비 애블 투 맥 잇 인 코리아. 스태홈. |
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Nester Noodlemon
Joined: 16 Jan 2009
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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 8:38 am Post subject: |
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It doesn't matter if you wear a green tie or a red tie, just make sure the suit is some shade of shiny silver. |
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Stain
Joined: 08 Jan 2014
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Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 5:06 am Post subject: |
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drcrazy wrote: |
스펠정키 윌 네버 비 애블 투 맥 잇 인 코리아. 스태홈. |
I've been brushing up on my Korean of late and I believe drcrazy is saying "Welcome to Korea, spelljunkie. You'll have no problems here." |
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drcrazy
Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Location: Pusan. Yes, that's right. Pusan NOT Busan. I ain't never been to no place called Busan
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Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 5:30 am Post subject: |
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Stain wrote: |
drcrazy wrote: |
스펠정키 윌 네버 비 애블 투 맥 잇 인 코리아. 스태홈. |
I've been brushing up on my Korean of late and I believe drcrazy is saying "Welcome to Korea, spelljunkie. You'll have no problems here." |
I am very impressed.  |
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