tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post109268053525390764..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: Unqualified reporters abound... unbelievable MBC report about foreign teachersmatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-34275051115721481412013-04-21T00:07:27.761+09:002013-04-21T00:07:27.761+09:00On an unrelated note, the recorded letters of Fran...On an unrelated note, the recorded letters of Francis E. Dec can be downloaded <a href="http://archive.org/details/CYC-009" rel="nofollow">here</a> (or quickly listen to one <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOYrCHi7yjM" rel="nofollow">here</a>).matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-39262676263145719242013-04-20T13:04:29.917+09:002013-04-20T13:04:29.917+09:00South korean Media is not only racist but nazi! th...South korean Media is not only racist but nazi! the south korean media is the one who is behind xenophobia and discrimination against foreigners, the kind koreans and the open-minded ones are now shrinking not because they are evil but because of the indoctrination and the brainwashing of the is evil media. the south korean justice system has his chunky part of nazism as well. south korean police have orders to never facilitate the process of a foreign victim who tries to file a complaint against a south korean citizen (fully blooded) I myself and people I know were more than once arrested after being physically harassed. you call the police they are arive and see you still being kicked and punched and yet you are the one who get arrested. they take to the station and force you to forgive the offenders, if you don't, they write a lovely report about you to the public prosecutor, who as well can't wait to order you to pay one million won. my brother challenged the prosector's oppinion and went to court with witnesses (there were cctv cameras but the police refused to take a look at them) but the lovely judge went ahead to ask about my brothers ethnicity and her questions were: "is your mom and dad korean?" my brother said no. the judge looked at the prosecutor with a smile and was like so you don't have korean blood with a smile. moment later she ordered my brother to pay 1,000,000KRW. I mean korea is the modern nazi germany.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07001311434263978762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-42792469165686339012013-04-17T15:42:38.922+09:002013-04-17T15:42:38.922+09:00n8shac,
If so then put me on the list, what about ...n8shac,<br />If so then put me on the list, what about you? The problem is foreigners don't have a reputation to defame in Korea, didn't you know that? And they certainly don't have a "name to kick" either since foreign names ain't allowed on family registries when married to a Korean.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-1957008025738475162013-04-17T11:23:15.441+09:002013-04-17T11:23:15.441+09:00Aren't there slander/reputation laws in South ...Aren't there slander/reputation laws in South Korea?<br /><br />How much liability are they assuming by making these claims? Is this to say that nobody could make a class-action suit against them?n8shachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04409793496374464185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-36647734145672041192013-04-16T23:20:53.358+09:002013-04-16T23:20:53.358+09:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_holidayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_holidayAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04552680633850746143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-57863441714958239112013-04-16T19:13:31.982+09:002013-04-16T19:13:31.982+09:00Thanks for sharing this. I reblogged it and added ...Thanks for sharing this. I reblogged it and added a couple of comments.Chewie6577https://www.blogger.com/profile/09850688961387497290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-74759751837080211502013-04-16T12:35:47.381+09:002013-04-16T12:35:47.381+09:00Greg Meyers, I have to question your statement tha...Greg Meyers, I have to question your statement that 'most of the people [you] come across are simply on a working holiday with an emphasis on holiday.' I don't live in Korea anymore, and haven't for some time, but I think that the numbers of people working on tourist visas started to drop in 2007 when criminal record checks and HIV checks were added to the requirements for E-2 visas. There were, apparently, ways to purchase visas in Korea before the 2002 World Cup but that was eliminated. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I find it surprising that 'most' of the people you meet are working illegally. Where do they live? Do they rent houses with leases? Do they have bank accounts? Driver's licences? Cars? Motorbikes? All of these things are much easier to get with a visa of some kind, and it's hard to believe that you live in a social sphere of foreign ESL teachers in Korea where nobody has these things.I agree with your point about the causes of frustration stemming from the low-status of foreign teachers, but characterizations such as yours only make that problem worse. Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477169224986077718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-66138671419363034972013-04-16T10:07:10.095+09:002013-04-16T10:07:10.095+09:001. teachers who are ESL experienced
2. teachers wi...1. teachers who are ESL experienced<br />2. teachers with teaching credentials<br />3. teachers who are inexpensive<br /><br />You cannot have all three, Korea.Jbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06748221832323488817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-26373367486904487082013-04-16T08:33:30.832+09:002013-04-16T08:33:30.832+09:00I personally feel that Korea needs to significantl...I personally feel that Korea needs to significantly reduce the number of foreign English teachers, and bring in more qualified instructors with degrees and certifications to teach English as a foreign language. Most of the people I come across are simply on a working holiday with an emphasis on holiday. This opportunity appeals to a lot of folks who are not socially mature, and have difficulties being gainfully employed in their home countries. As much as I don't like Korea's media bias towards foreigners. Both English teachers and the US military don't exactly employ the best and brightest. And the above story shows they don't even care if you have a degree or not.<br /><br />Mostly male English teachers cause problems, and their not winning hearts & minds in a country where elementary teachers are predominantly female. There is also a caste system in Korea. It's a closed minded place, and frustration comes from both groups because essentially foreign English teachers have little status in Korean society, and English teachers are upset that they are not treated equally. At the end of day, Korea is Korea, and these teachers came here at their own free will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-55569039040788372452013-04-15T18:13:48.893+09:002013-04-15T18:13:48.893+09:00"It's hard for hagwons and many are closi..."It's hard for hagwons and many are closing their doors, so they put a lot of hope into unqualified instructors."<br /><br />Oh the poor darling hagwon-owners who have only the interests of their students at heart, and who have never, ever fucked over a NET when it comes to pay or hours or overtime or health-care or pensions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-777134979638561722013-04-15T16:52:21.921+09:002013-04-15T16:52:21.921+09:00No worries, feel free to link...No worries, feel free to link...matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-85109428371376252132013-04-15T16:24:44.379+09:002013-04-15T16:24:44.379+09:00Hahahaha.Hahahaha.American In Koreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12305510519465770697noreply@blogger.com