The horror! The horror!

I decided to start this blog out of hatred (a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action). I worked for a year teaching English at a public middle school in Korea and was tired - tired of it all. There is much to be stressed about and it builds in a place where there is no outlet. As a worldly traveler, you'll want to educate Korean people on their ignorance. But the monkeys will not beat their sticks and progress towards the future.

Many people that come to South Korea to teach are left with few other options for work. They need money and Korea opens up its coffers at a price. That price is your subjugation to Korean trickery. It is the act of signing up to be a second hand citizen - as some have said, 'a modern day slavery.' The native speaking teacher program is a giant bait and switch scam. Native teachers in Korea are tutors under the facade of teaching; much is done to keep it this way. It has a lack of equality or contractual freedom, no respect from teachers/students, fake or unavailable training, and an over-arching prevention of professional or personal growth.

Korea is supposedly developed, but not when it comes to rights, contracts, race, etc. I have come to the conclusion, without a doubt, to never trust Koreans when it comes to work or contracts. They have a lot to learn and much to change. Those that have endured its brunt have not done so unscathed.

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  One could not expect anybody to take such a part. Nothing but buffoonery from beginning to end.

Oft, Conrad's Heart of Darkness comes to mind. Korea is a wealthy yet dark place full of bad experiences that will affect you entirely too long. How many rants of "The horror! The horror!" will it take to change a system so blinded by it's own power? It can accept and reject hires at the flip of a coin. It is a prison system that sees native teachers as numbers and treats them accordingly. There are those that have found kind employers and there are those that haven't. What this means is that there is still the ability for exploitation. There are no checks and balances; it is a no-mans land. It is strange to see native teachers even comment against one another - the kindly treated ones versus the downtrodden. What this shows is that people who are treated well care little for those that aren't; it is a system of haves and have-nots.

It's not that the people that come here are uneducated by any means. They are everyday people trying to find a decent temporary job; some, perhaps, a decent career - they won't find it here. They will find a charade, a job that will be based on image and image alone. There will be long days of nothing and long days of trying to teach in a atmosphere that doesn't want to learn, change, or help.

I shall add my voice to the growing discontent at the Koreans who have tolerated intolerance and allowed a educational system of inanity to continue.