tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post5575938815683705359..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: The SMOE native speaking teacher budget cutsmatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-75632110186899307572012-01-30T10:02:16.092+09:002012-01-30T10:02:16.092+09:00Thank you for this. It was an AMAZING source of i...Thank you for this. It was an AMAZING source of information when other Google search results yielded almost nothing. It was incredibly well sourced and thorough. I had heard bits and pieces about this, but now I know much more clearly :)Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184427280161523516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-48261511242387397632011-12-12T14:23:29.020+09:002011-12-12T14:23:29.020+09:00"SMOE evaluated the qualifications of native ..."SMOE evaluated the qualifications of native speaking teachers and found that more than one third were near the lowest level"<br /><br />And this is a feature, not a bug, in a program where a first-year teacher with no experience is preferable to one who is highly qualified due to a lower salary.<br /><br />Meanwhile, hagwon throughout the peninsula are licking their lips in anticipation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-50544087465441426902011-12-10T11:38:07.636+09:002011-12-10T11:38:07.636+09:00And no where in this is the mention of the free lu...<i>And no where in this is the mention of the free lunch program - but then I suppose the progressive city council might turn a bit red if one were to suggest that low-income children's only access to native speakers was being taken away in order to give free lunches to the middle and upper classes. It's not exactly the kind of wealth redistribution I would expect from leftists, to say the least.</i><br /><br />Why so surprised? Doesn't blood trump class in the eyes of the ethno-nationalist?King Baeksuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15106210206814275410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-46606836853309575162011-12-10T03:10:18.537+09:002011-12-10T03:10:18.537+09:00This was very interesting to me as someone with fr...This was very interesting to me as someone with friends teaching in Korea. Thanks for taking the time to present it in a well-researched fashion.Kiss Kiss Kpop Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15306258347914732719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-49278617387653030622011-12-09T17:24:16.575+09:002011-12-09T17:24:16.575+09:00Thank you very much for your time and research as ...Thank you very much for your time and research as a NSET in Seoul it has been suprisingly difficult to obtain well researched information. Please keep up the good work.barlowglhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09573347221957267110noreply@blogger.com