We were told today at work that it was not ok for any of the male foreign teachers to hang out with any of the female Korean teachers at our school. It "would not look ok", whatever that means. I couldn't help myself and asked if it would be ok for a male Korean teacher to hang out with a female foreign teacher. "Yeah, of course."
Double standard slam dunk.
Us guy foreign teachers were also told it doesn't look good when any of us bring a girl back to our room at night. I fail to see how this is unacceptable when we are A.) consenting adults, and B.) NOT CHILDREN.
I'm ready to leave Korea at least for a little bit.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
last 3 weeks
I'm coming across my last 3 weeks of work here at Avalon. There are several jobs i'm applying to, but several of them begin hiring in May, which I am being told is not a possibility. Specifically, i'm told that if i leave before the end of the semester, I will not get a "letter" which will allow me to stay in Korea.
Without this "letter," I will have to leave the country and come back with a new visa. I'm assuming this "letter" is bullshit, because they don't want me to leave before the new semester is up. At best, this letter could be a sumbission to change my visa from one hogwan (private English school) to another. Without this letter, I would have to do it myself (a process taking ONE DAY). So i'm not entirely sure what's keeping me from leaving my job after payday on the 10th.
Like I said, the better jobs with better hours, shorter classes, higher pay, etc. are OUT THERE. I'm seeing several and I'll let everyone know when that time comes. But as it stands, i'm going to have to suffer through 3 weeks here. We came in on Monday and they literally doubled our weekly workload. We have to comment on every student and re-check every assignment in their workbooks, and THEN we have to call the students at home to give them phone interviews. These kids are miserable enough in my class, why call them at home? BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS PAY ME TO. It's not just lame, it's Korean.
Without this "letter," I will have to leave the country and come back with a new visa. I'm assuming this "letter" is bullshit, because they don't want me to leave before the new semester is up. At best, this letter could be a sumbission to change my visa from one hogwan (private English school) to another. Without this letter, I would have to do it myself (a process taking ONE DAY). So i'm not entirely sure what's keeping me from leaving my job after payday on the 10th.
Like I said, the better jobs with better hours, shorter classes, higher pay, etc. are OUT THERE. I'm seeing several and I'll let everyone know when that time comes. But as it stands, i'm going to have to suffer through 3 weeks here. We came in on Monday and they literally doubled our weekly workload. We have to comment on every student and re-check every assignment in their workbooks, and THEN we have to call the students at home to give them phone interviews. These kids are miserable enough in my class, why call them at home? BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS PAY ME TO. It's not just lame, it's Korean.
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