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ChooChooPongPong
Joined: 15 Jun 2003
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 Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 1:33 pm Post subject: Sooth PB scandal by Publicly Volunteering at Orphanages |
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In the wake of bad publicity against foriengors in Korea beginning earlier in the week, it appears that netizens from the multiple parties involved have done little to try and put out the spreading fire anytime soon. Talks of international coverage from CBC in Canada yesterday, have, however begun to circulate, and many fear that this could be yet another nation wide problem affecting the already strained relations between Bush's America and Korea.
In an attempt to shift the negative focus currently on ESL teachers, and to reaffirm that, in fact, most teachers are here performing their jobs positively both within the workplace and even more importantly in the Korean community, WorknPlay (the third largest ESL website in Korea, and currently only one of two still in operation), has banded together with the Orphanes Society of Korea to help bring both good cheer and English education to children who really need it, be they mentally, physically, or financially challenged.
For more information, and to help the current strained relations, please participate by volunteering your time, and, or course, spread the word!
Visit Worknplay! http://worknplay.co.kr/
contact Ann by telephone at 031-783-6451 or by e-mail at [email protected] |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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Amen. But don't also forget some public common courtesies: give your seat to old women on the subway, let women on/off the elevator first, hold doors open for people, let Koreans who corner you in subway stations practice their English, sing a friendly hello back to Korean children who say hello to you in public. (I actually carry around a small clutch of Canadian flag pins for moments like this. If a child says hello and I have a moment, I'll give him a Canadian flag pin.)
All in all, remember, this isn't our country. We're guests. |
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canuckistan
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Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Location: Training future GS competitors.....
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| Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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All in all, remember, this isn't our country. We're guests.
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Yup. Here at the King's leisure. |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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No thank you. Don't forget that it's illegal to teach outside of our contracts, even if it is on a volunteer basis. It's stupid, but it is the law. Until that situation gets resolved I won't be volunteering, and I definitely wouldn't recommend making a public show of it.
One more thing. We aren't guests in this country. We are employees doing a job that Koreans need done and are not capable of doing themselves. Since my Korean students and employers are already gaining the benefit of my services I don't feel that I owe anyone here any gratitude for my presence. |
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Honeybee
Joined: 15 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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Well some see orphanges as evil instituations that sell Korean babies to dirty foriegners who have less than honorable intentions  |
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peppergirl
Joined: 07 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Honeybee wrote: |
| Well some see orphanges as evil instituations that sell Korean babies to dirty foriegners who have less than honorable intentions |
The number of Korean orphans adopted internationally is getting reduced every year. The orphanage where I visit sometimes (no teaching -just playing with the 0-2 year olds) didn't have any babies adopted abroad since the Seoul Olympics. |
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chiaa
Joined: 23 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Son Deureo! wrote: |
No thank you. Don't forget that it's illegal to teach outside of our contracts, even if it is on a volunteer basis. It's stupid, but it is the law. Until that situation gets resolved I won't be volunteering, and I definitely wouldn't recommend making a public show of it.
One more thing. We aren't guests in this country. We are employees doing a job that Koreans need done and are not capable of doing themselves. Since my Korean students and employers are already gaining the benefit of my services I don't feel that I owe anyone here any gratitude for my presence. |
It is not illegal to volunteer outside of your contract (teaching English). Just, proving that you are volunteering falls on your shoulders, not immigration's. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:09 am Post subject: |
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| Son Deureo! wrote: |
No thank you. Don't forget that it's illegal to teach outside of our contracts, even if it is on a volunteer basis. It's stupid, but it is the law. Until that situation gets resolved I won't be volunteering, and I definitely wouldn't recommend making a public show of it.
One more thing. We aren't guests in this country. We are employees doing a job that Koreans need done and are not capable of doing themselves. Since my Korean students and employers are already gaining the benefit of my services I don't feel that I owe anyone here any gratitude for my presence. |
Okay, well, enjoy your time here. And good luck. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:44 am Post subject: |
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| Son Deureo! wrote: |
| No thank you. Don't forget that it's illegal to teach outside of our contracts, even if it is on a volunteer basis. It's stupid, but it is the law. Until that situation gets resolved I won't be volunteering, and I definitely wouldn't recommend making a public show of it. |
But how about me? I don't have an employment contract. Or an employer. And I don't even know how to teach. Would they nab me anyway? Actually, I've never volunteered my time at an orphanage, but my family and I used to buy toys and paint sets for an orphanage years ago. I should probably resurrect that habit.
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| One more thing. We aren't guests in this country. We are employees doing a job that Koreans need done and are not capable of doing themselves. |
How about "gastarbeiten"?  hyuk hyuk!
To be painfully honest, though, I wouldn't recommend people suddenly do this high-profile volunteering on the assumption that it will have a deep or lasting impact on Korea's ESL teacher-haters, but rather in the near certainty that it will not. US military men & women have been volunteering year in, year out at orphanages around this country since the 1950s, though I can't say that did a thing to temper the anger and outrage of netizens & citizens when the schoolgirl-death vigils and demos broke out.
By all means, give your time and help out some orphans or anybody who needs it. But also realise that Koreans can spot an image-control manoeuvre when they see one. When the hotheads among them are on the boil and trying to lather up the crowd, the best you can do sometimes is pretend not to notice it, or make yourself scarce till things calm down. If it's the orphans you're concerned about and not your image, I think the timing shouldn't matter.
*EDIT* I'm not going to delete or change that last line, but I want to clarify there's no bad time or wrong reason to do something charitable. Just that it's even better when you're not expecting thanks or recognition for doing it. |
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enchoo
Joined: 04 Jul 2004
Location: Heading to a reality show near you
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:53 am Post subject: The PB should volunteer in the orphanage..... |
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The PB should volunteer in the orphanage..... 
His creation "stepped on" too many people.....
The price for excessive vanity.... |
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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Hello, Son Deureo!
How about teaching the kids something besides English?
I currently teach Korean sign language at a local orphanage,
and in Chungnam, I taught a recorder class at an orphanage.
The kids are so hungry for adult attention,
they would listen if you taught them "higamus hogamus." |
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nev
Joined: 04 Jan 2004
Location: ch7t
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 6:16 am Post subject: |
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| tomato wrote: |
Hello, Son Deureo!
How about teaching the kids something besides English?
I currently teach Korean sign language at a local orphanage,
and in Chungnam, I taught a recorder class at an orphanage.
The kids are so hungry for adult attention,
they would listen if you taught them "higamus hogamus." |
Good idea, Tomato. Or you could even just play with the kids, Son Deureo! Legal and fun, as well as helping out kids who really don't have that much. Why not go this Saturday? |
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