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Grim Ja
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: On the Beach
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 Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:34 pm Post subject: International School |
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My wife and I are Americans.
We send our son to one the International Schools in Seoul and it is staffed primarily by British school teachers.
In our opinion the British teachers are overly strict and care little about the students, except making sure that the children follow rules. They feel that the children should behave like little robots without any character or emotion.
I was wondering if this is a typical British school teacher mentality or is this school abnormal. |
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Len8
Joined: 12 Feb 2003
Location: Kyungju
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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Something's wrong with that International School. There are a few stamped throughout Korea, and I don't think any are as strict as the school your child is at. The schools that have accreditation have to be quite humane while controlling their students.
Uniforms are mandatory of course, but the classroom environment in most International schools is quite relaxed.
The idea of an International school overseas is to allow the students to have the benefits of an education from their own background in a foreigen environment.
The one your child is in sounds a bit stifling. |
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ilovebdt
Joined: 03 Jun 2005
Location: Nr Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:42 pm Post subject: Re: International School |
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| Grim Ja wrote: |
My wife and I are Americans.
We send our son to one the International Schools in Seoul and it is staffed primarily by British school teachers.
In our opinion the British teachers are overly strict and care little about the students, except making sure that the children follow rules. They feel that the children should behave like little robots without any character or emotion.
I was wondering if this is a typical British school teacher mentality or is this school abnormal. |
I would say that this school is definately an exception.
What age are these teachers? It may be that they are old style school masters or mistresses who used to teach in private schools where more emphasis is placed on discipline and good behaviour. .
It may also be that they are fresh faced newbies who are still finding their feet and when they do they will loosen the reins a bit.
It may also be what their boss expects of them.
Have other parents made the same observations about the teachers?
In my class, I teach at a public high school, I expect the students to behave themselves, but by no means do I expect them to be robot like and not show any emotion.
I care about all my students even the bad ones and if I didn't then I would be in the wrong job.
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Len8
Joined: 12 Feb 2003
Location: Kyungju
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:06 am Post subject: |
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Your school is kinda new too I think. Many educating groups competed for the right to staff the school, and a British outfit was chosen. Find that quite strange given the Korean preference for American English.
Previous poster siad it might be good to talk to other parents. They must have a PTA as well, and that might be a good opportunity to compare notes.
Don't be afraid to go and talk to the teachers. Just wander in casually and let the teachers know who you are and who your child is. Just let it be something you are doing just in passing. Teachers watch for that. So long as they think you don't have any issues they will watch out for your child.(Even if you do have issues,don't show it) |
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