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Blacklist for English Teachers ... ?

 
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dbee



Joined: 29 Dec 2004
Location: korea

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:38 am    Post subject: Blacklist for English Teachers ... ? Reply with quote

I was talking to an English teacher today who reckons that he's on an English Teacher blacklist with recruiters and schools ...

Does such a thing exist ? Is it on the net ?
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thegadfly



Joined: 01 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, here is one of the blacklists of which I am aware.

http://www.kftra.co.kr/
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Areut



Joined: 18 Sep 2006
Location: Behind You!!!!

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thegadfly wrote:
Well, here is one of the blacklists of which I am aware.

http://www.kftra.co.kr/


Is there english one? Just want to read some of the things they put in them to. Always have to feed the troll in me!
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ChopChaeJoe



Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Areut wrote:
thegadfly wrote:
Well, here is one of the blacklists of which I am aware.

http://www.kftra.co.kr/


Is there english one? Just want to read some of the things they put in them to. Always have to feed the troll in me!


Yeah, a lot of Korean hogwan owners feel more comfortable posting in english.
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Areut



Joined: 18 Sep 2006
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ChopChaeJoe wrote:
Areut wrote:
thegadfly wrote:
Well, here is one of the blacklists of which I am aware.

http://www.kftra.co.kr/


Is there english one? Just want to read some of the things they put in them to. Always have to feed the troll in me!


Yeah, a lot of Korean hogwan owners feel more comfortable posting in english.


LoL true!!

Edited: Was thinking maybe a english button to make it all in english! There I go thinking outside the box. Smile
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ChuckECheese



Joined: 20 Jul 2006

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 6:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some of the postings in the koftra's Freeboard written in English are pretty interesting and funny.
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da_moler



Joined: 11 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's incredible! Surely legal action could be taken against them if they can't prove their allegations about teachers?
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gweilo_farang



Joined: 23 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

da_moler wrote:
That's incredible! Surely legal action could be taken against them if they can't prove their allegations about teachers?



Shame in Korea is a powerful social force - and thanks to technology - internet witchhunts are a new trend. The case of the "dog poop girl" 개똥녀 is a famous example.
http://populargusts.blogspot.com/2005/07/dog-poop-girl-redux.html

I expect a bit of research would turn up interesting implications for foreign teachers in Korea and elsewhere in Asia when they end up on the receiving end of similar strategies.

For example, here's some discussion about the fallout from the John Mark Karr confession
http://www.eltnews.com/community/?board=comments;action=display;num=1156129172

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mark_Karr
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rothkowitz



Joined: 27 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's a transient workforce largely working for people who thought opening a school might be more lucrative than several other options who hire sight-unseen.

How could there NOT be people here in Asia that preferably shouldn't?
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poet13



Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"That's incredible! Surely legal action could be taken against them if they can't prove their allegations about teachers?"

There're more blacklists for schools, hakwons, recruiters and everything else Korean than there are ESL teacher blacklists.
It's a double edged sword. I wouldnt want my old hakwon to come after me cause I told the board they cheated me, were dishonest wherever they could with me....etc....
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Teufelswacht



Joined: 06 Sep 2004
Location: Land Of The Not Quite Right

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ChuckECheese wrote:
Some of the postings in the koftra's Freeboard written in English are pretty interesting and funny.


Very true. Courtesy of "Mr. Parent"

Quote:
perhaps you"re just another poopy head that has nothing better to do than writing posts on dave"s eslcafe. go home and help your mom/pop clean the trailer. .


Laughing
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