tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post4408238274935618399..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education announces foreign English teacher cutsmatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-38160887751361660492014-07-28T13:35:49.559+09:002014-07-28T13:35:49.559+09:00Alistair Wery of the Korean Horizons recruiting ag...Alistair Wery of the Korean Horizons recruiting agency posted this message on waygook.org:<br /><br /><i>I work with IMOE and various education offices; and it seems to me that comments made by a lot of you are misrepresenting the education office; and a lot of what you're saying isn't necessarily true. <br /><br />The education seems to be unrepresented here; so I would like to add my voice.<br /><br />To be clear; the message that has been sent to the schools in Incheon affects those whose contracts are expiring 26th August 2014 & 5th September 2014. It does not currently affect those whose contracts are ending afterwards.<br /><br />So yes – if your contract ends 26th August and you are a middle school; high school or IFTC teacher – then you cannot renew. If you are an elementary school teacher & your contract ends August 26th – you can renew at the same school but only if your performance result for your year is good enough.<br /><br />If you are currently in a middle or high school – or you work at IFTC and your contract ends 26th September or afterwards; this policy does not affect you. It may; but that decision of whether it does or doesn’t has not been made.<br /><br />So here’s the problem – yes there’s a new superintendent. The decision of whether to renew the English teachers in Incheon stems from some of you currently teaching within the program that are ruining it for everyone else. Coming here simply to drink and have a good time; using fake sick days; really not caring about teaching – thinking just yourself about making money – etc, etc, etc – the list goes on. Worst of all - running away without considering the consequences of those you leave behind.<br /><br />FYI - This forum is being watched by the decision makers.<br /><br />BTW – I’m not going to respond to individual comments here. If you are a public school teacher & you are currently working for IMOE; you can email me directly.</i>BBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08726156882030359997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-22942423678778874062014-07-03T12:40:24.172+09:002014-07-03T12:40:24.172+09:00"Exterminate all the brutes!""Exterminate all the brutes!"King Baeksuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15106210206814275410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-73538179459748390442014-07-03T11:06:28.693+09:002014-07-03T11:06:28.693+09:00It seems that 이청연 was initially not a 새정치민주연합 cand...It seems that 이청연 was initially not a 새정치민주연합 candidate (one article lists him is 민주진보), but here's a picture of him at a 협약식 with 새정치민주연합 송영길 인천시장 후보: https://www.facebook.com/greenvote64/posts/713071708752901BBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08726156882030359997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-10105156744956048982014-07-03T08:52:50.188+09:002014-07-03T08:52:50.188+09:00A good friend of mine found himself in a pretty un...A good friend of mine found himself in a pretty untenable position at an Incheon elementary school a little over a year ago. While trying to sort out a solution with the IMOE coordinators, he was told that he was the only person having problems and that they weren't going to do anything to assist.<br /><br />Hopefully the media doesn't read too far into the Waygook.org stuff, that site can be a pretty good resource.Stanley Putterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16147888802011291815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-3764756825325739512014-07-02T14:15:38.181+09:002014-07-02T14:15:38.181+09:00There's a Reddit thread going on it too: http:...There's a Reddit thread going on it too: http://www.reddit.com/r/korea/comments/29gyu0/incheon_suddenly_denies_all_accepted_epik_fall/ <br /><br />Both seem to have been used by 'teachers' to spout off their grievances, stereotypical and otherwise rather than adding anything of use. Although it does appear the grand total of people whose offer has been rescinded is 10. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com