Geek in Korea had this appalling incident in one of his classes: I’ve had students regurgitate the racist tripe they learned elsewhere in class before, too: “The elementary school I went to in America had black people and they said ooga booga when they were excited” but this kid takes the cake!
“Who would let their family get married to a foreigner? The only time that is okay is if you are very old, or very ugly, and you are unable to get married to anyone from your own country. Then MAYBE if you married someone else like that it MIGHT be okay if your parents said you could.”
Read the whole story at Geek in Korea.
Meanwhile, at StrayBlog, Stray publishes a letter written by a trained teacher frustrated with the SMOE, which doubles as a serious wake-up call for those who complain that English teachers in Korea are unprofessional. The money shot:
SMOE has made a comment that they want to hire more experienced, certified teachers. I am both of these things and am disgusted with the way they run this operation. I would not stand for this treatment in any country, regardless of cultural differences. If they want professionals, they need to be prepared to treat us like professionals
Read the full letter here. And seriously: read the whole letter.
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