Comments on: Night Out With A.T.E.K. http://www.koreasparkle.com/2009/02/night-out-with-atek/ News and views about Korean society and culture. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:41:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: The Korean Blogosphere and ATEK | Ranting Englishman http://www.koreasparkle.com/2009/02/night-out-with-atek/comment-page-1/#comment-5017 The Korean Blogosphere and ATEK | Ranting Englishman Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:48:16 +0000 http://www.koreasparkle.com/?p=1038#comment-5017 [...] the main bloggers in Korea, and got them on side. He posted an interview on Marmots, had beers with Roboseyo, and gave a few nice interviews to the Seoul [...] [...] the main bloggers in Korea, and got them on side. He posted an interview on Marmots, had beers with Roboseyo, and gave a few nice interviews to the Seoul [...]

]]> By: jonno http://www.koreasparkle.com/2009/02/night-out-with-atek/comment-page-1/#comment-1770 jonno Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:12:12 +0000 http://www.koreasparkle.com/?p=1038#comment-1770 Interesting post. We'll see if they can pull it all off Interesting post. We’ll see if they can pull it all off

]]> By: kushibo http://www.koreasparkle.com/2009/02/night-out-with-atek/comment-page-1/#comment-1738 kushibo Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:08:46 +0000 http://www.koreasparkle.com/?p=1038#comment-1738 Actually, Hongdae is The Other White Meet™. Actually, Hongdae is The Other White Meet™.

]]> By: kushibo http://www.koreasparkle.com/2009/02/night-out-with-atek/comment-page-1/#comment-1737 kushibo Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:07:27 +0000 http://www.koreasparkle.com/?p=1038#comment-1737 If they're trying to make life better for English teachers, more power to them. Despite <a href="http://kushibo.blogspot.com/2009/02/atek-human-rights-abuse-solidarity.html" rel="nofollow">my own light-hearted mockery</a> of their shrill claims of human rights abuse and my dismay that they're clogging up an already overworked and understaffed human rights organization with their frivolous claims of human rights abuse, I do hope they succeed in making English-teaching a more attractive profession in Korea that will attract a group of teachers that are more likely to treat it like a profession and are less likely to engage in the kinds of behaviors that reasonable people would find objectionable. But from what I've seen so far, I won't hold my breath. When I'm back in Korea, though, neither would I object to meeting up in Itaewon (aka, "the other White meet") with these folks to <strike>give them a piece of my mind</strike> share some ideas. If they’re trying to make life better for English teachers, more power to them. Despite my own light-hearted mockery of their shrill claims of human rights abuse and my dismay that they’re clogging up an already overworked and understaffed human rights organization with their frivolous claims of human rights abuse, I do hope they succeed in making English-teaching a more attractive profession in Korea that will attract a group of teachers that are more likely to treat it like a profession and are less likely to engage in the kinds of behaviors that reasonable people would find objectionable.

But from what I’ve seen so far, I won’t hold my breath. When I’m back in Korea, though, neither would I object to meeting up in Itaewon (aka, “the other White meet”) with these folks to give them a piece of my mind share some ideas.

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