tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post4731466130354061033..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: 'Deviant and criminal acts by foreign teachers are now common.'matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-81415842970231676522010-12-09T13:30:07.407+09:002010-12-09T13:30:07.407+09:00I so share your frustration, Matt. I've never...I so share your frustration, Matt. I've never been on the other side of discrimination before (other than being a woman, of course, but it's hard to compare to the alternative since I've never NOT been one), and it's just constantly unbearable and frustrating. You wonder what these people would say to your face.<br /><br />Well, if they could actually speak/understand English of course, which would require at least enough contact with a native speaker to recognize that we're not actually baby-eating monsters.CeilingofStarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110238349397590911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-1036104209500943062010-12-07T12:43:30.268+09:002010-12-07T12:43:30.268+09:00What, more unqualified, unprofessional Korean jour...What, more unqualified, unprofessional Korean journalists whingeing about unqualified, unprofessional foreigners? Highly lollable!<br /><br />Korea: The Land of We're Just Not That Serious!King Baeksuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15106210206814275410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-36039136668690864492010-12-07T12:18:10.245+09:002010-12-07T12:18:10.245+09:00It's funny, at my school there are a ton of Ko...It's funny, at my school there are a ton of Korean teachers who don't give a shit about their jobs and the students.<br /><br />It's funny, when I was a student in high school, there were a ton of teachers who didn't give a shit about their jobs and the students.<br /><br />I just don't get the point, Gary.brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00698523053889263665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-46086032550780901572010-12-07T10:44:16.030+09:002010-12-07T10:44:16.030+09:00this paragraph:전교조는 "무분별한 영어공교육 강화로 원어민 교사가 폭...this paragraph:전교조는 "무분별한 영어공교육 강화로 원어민 교사가 폭발적으로 늘면서 자질 우려는 진작부터 있었다. 돈벌이를 위해 잠시 오가는 원어민을 활용하는 것보다 우수한 내국인 영어교사 양성 프로그램을 내실화하는 것이 더욱 시급하다."라고 지적했다.<br /><br />I think it's wise for the union to insist that Korean English teachers need better training. Actually, I think bringing more NSTEs into Korea is, in fact, imprudent and reckless.<br /><br />What's funny about (the apparently poorly) edited statement is that the union assigns the responsibility of government behavior to the NSETs: we're supposedly reckless. And why? Because we're "taking advantage" of shitty government policy. Well, they're right. The government encourages tourists to come to Korea to teach for money. There's no point in saying this isn't true. It's true. There are thousands of teachers here who don't give a shit about their jobs and their students.<br /><br />Fact is, the government *can* change this by making it more difficult to teach in public schools: could easily change the environment making it necessary to have taught for more than five years and have proof of practicum experience on educational transcripts. Something like that would weed out the inexperienced without having to refer to them as reckless tourists.<br /><br />It's funny that bad policy becomes a signifier of foreign perversion. So much rhetorical work. It's something I don't understand about cultural politics here: take a systemic problem and describe its undesirable traits, represent with as evil terms as possible, then assign those traits to a social group, then attack that group.<br /><br />One method to addressing this issue is that dedicated foreign teachers should request several things of the government and the request should be public via the media: future NSETs should be qualified, experienced teachers; the government should bring fewer teachers into Korea; the teachers should be required to teach less and train more; Korean and NSET English teachers should train together.<br /><br />What the KTU and government have done well is to pit the employees (Korean and NSET teachers) against each other and the employees against the parents effectively shielding the bureaucrats from much useful criticism.<br /><br />I mean, as long as we're all talking about whether money hungry pervert foreigners are trying to sneak into Korea as teachers and are corrupting Korean English teachers or not, we're never going to do anything for the students, the teachers, the parents.<br /><br />I don't know about you, but I'm here to teach students. I could give a shit about this sensationalist spectacle that KTU, government, parents participate in. It's not going to disappear because we prove it's not true. However, we can insist that we're dedicated and desirous of better workplaces and educational development. We can promote the idea that the government isn't interested in improving the educational environment when it actively understaffs SMOE in Seoul and other educational depts across the peninsula, underfunds training, relies on ridiculous contractual requirements to illustrate work completed, and relies on a seriously outdated concept of coteaching to promote successful curriculum development and integration in classrooms...<br /><br />AND ETC...^^Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336286974067459325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-4401813322755793752010-12-07T09:22:41.371+09:002010-12-07T09:22:41.371+09:00something tells me the rhetoric about VISA regs wi...something tells me the rhetoric about VISA regs will only become more strident now that ROK govt is actually streamlining, and in many ways, simplifying the process in a way that might be seen by many citizens as too lenient.<br /><br />in other words, the the union is kissing up to conservative parents.<br /><br />it's kind of ridiculous how the different angencies manipulate the media to create a consensus sentiment about what needs to be done rather than actually working with the govt.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336286974067459325noreply@blogger.com