Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Yesterday]

You have been "Derrecked"

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[Drakoi]

I'm confused by your use of foreigner. Do you mean native speaker? Because otherwise you're just a superficial *beep* of a recruiter.

[cellphone]

I'm glad you started this thread. While I will go back and read all that you read as soon as I get more time, the question I've wanted to really ask for the last few days is (and I think it's somewhat in line with what you've said here), how do some of you more knowledgeable guys really see this latest Korean media and social behavior? What SPECIFICALLY do you predict will happen and by whom? In reaction to teachers dating Korean women; in reaction to any type of illegal teachers; who will actually take actions - will immigration offices actually start doing things? Can we expect to see other websites eventually targeted (no one can really know that one for sure)? I don't mean what do you all hope happens, I mean what likely can and will? I think a few users like chronicpride and the like would have a closer grasp of what can happen based on their previous dealings. I'd like to see some kind of realistic checklist of what we likely should be expecting.

[Yesterday]

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[Yesterday]

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[Pyongshin Sangja]

But what if one of their granparents is a Jew?

[fidel]

Do you really give a *beep* what someone who doesn't know you exist thinks of you? If your workplace starts to have issues move on, and tell them to *beep* themselves.

[Ya-ta Boy]

Several things:

1. Are you saying that ethnic Koreans who grew up speaking English are somehow not native speakers? As far as I can see, the location of your grandparents' birth is not important.

2. I'm not clear how getting rid of 'illegal' teachers is going to correct the problem of incompetent teachers. A person who teaches only privates, or without an E-2 visa may well be a decent teacher. The real problem is that the majority of teachers here are untrained and inexperienced. Many of them turn out to be good teachers in spite of that, but the problem is that many don't turn out to be worth their salary.

3. I see no connection between 'illegal' teachers and the 'sexual predators' and anyone who may be offering drugs to students.

4. However, I do agree with you that this issue is now and will continue to have an affect on ESL teachers' lives. It is stereotyping, pure and simple. That kind of thinking is common everywhere, and I would venture to say it is even more common in Korea with its xenophobic tendency.

Having said that, ESLers who insist they are no one's representative are major contributors to the problem. It's been debated (endlessly) here before just what percentage of the foreigners are flat out weird. They were strange at home and they continue to be strange here. Who else would say on camera things they know would incite the locals?

[VC]

So what is the best way to weed out womanizing teachers and teachers with fake degrees? I don't see how I can do much about the situation.

[cellphone]

[cellphone]

[dogbert]

[Blind Willie]

[fidel]

[Drakoi]