Whoever talks to the cafeteria lady? Korea, and specifically Gyeonggi Schools want exactly that.They want highly competent Filipinos, which even the United States is running after, to serve kimchi during lunchtime? Are you kidding me? At what? 600,000 Won? That's just like 600 USD and with rent in an ugly apartment in a city in Gyeonggi about 300 USD/month ++ bills, does Korea think that we are some kind of slaves?
Since "Non-native English Speakers" cannot teach English in Korea (Only citizens of the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and South Africa are allowed to teach in Korea and I have met some of them personally.) so definitely- Filipinos can't teach there unless they are married to some uneducated Korean farmer. Filipino teachers which are highly prized even by native-English speaking countries like the United States can't teach in Korea while 111,000 Koreans went to the Philippines last year to study English. Stupid you think? Me thinks so too.
English Education in Korea is totally fucked. How can you learn English when all your TV Stations on Cable are basically Korean? All the newspapers are in Korean?? It's hard to get around because most of the maps are in Korean! Even the damn computer programs are in freaking Korean? And you hire a country boy from a countrytown in the US or Canada who spells pagoda as "pogoda" and says he is "hurted" (based on true experience) just because he is a native English Speaker? English speaking is not English teaching.
Apparently, South Korean officials are in deep shit now for signing the FTA with the US over beef imports (haha- US sent them beef with Mad Cow Disease) - and their President who champions English instruction apparently can't read English and the stipulations of the agreement.
I have met some nice people in Korea during my stay but I think the country is totally screwed when it comes to this department. The people are just not ready for a global culture. On one of my nights I stayed in Korea, I was passing through a hair salon in Icheon (Gyeonggi-do) one night and saw this sign "Live Hair Salon" and me and my hunny thought that was funny - so I snapped a photo of the sign. Out came this hairstylist about to go home, demanding why was I taking photos of the place (in Korean) and since I don't know how to speak in Korean - she launched into a tirade - "These fucking foreigners who comes to Korea and not speaking in Korean." Emphasis on "fucking"- she used the "shibalo"- a very bad curse in Korea. I got my revenge the next time we passed through that place. I'll post the video.
"Live Hair Salon"That's Korea for you folks.
Read on.
Gyeeonggi Schools to Hire English-Speaking Workers
By Kang Shin-who
Staff Reporter
The Gyeeonggi Provincial Office of Education said it will encourage schools to hire English-speaking Indians and Filipinos for jobs at cafeterias or stores within schools to give students more chances to speak English.
``We will encourage schools to hire Indians and Filipinos for English zones and school stores to give students opportunities to use English during lunch and break times,’’ it said in a statement. It expects schools to hire them at relatively lower costs than native English speakers. About 50 schools in the province will initially test run the scheme.
However, the statement of the education agency has invited criticism from embassies and civic organizations as well as other education offices.
``Cheap doesn’t mean low quality. We have many high-quality English teachers in the Philippines,’’ said Jed Dayang, spokesman of the Philippine Embassy to Seoul.
A source from Indian embassy also said that Indians will not come to Korea to work at stores at schools, mentioning that there are many high-quality English teachers working in the U.S., Japan and China.
A supervisor from Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education also pointed out it is discriminative. ``So Americans are not allowed to work at English zones and stores?’’ she said.
Regarding this, Hwang Ik-joong, senior supervisor of the Gyeonggi Education Office told The Korea Times, ``We meant to use foreigners who can speak English well but cannot teach English in Korea due to immigration regulations that only allow foreign teachers by nationality.’’
Additionally, the education office plans to increase the number of native English-speaking teachers from 1,272 to 1,952 by 2010 so that all schools will have at least one native English teacher, at a cost of 24 billion won ($24 million).
The education authorities will also strengthen training programs for foreign teachers. Under the plan, supervisors from the education office will monitor and assist foreign English teachers during the classes to help improve their teaching skills.
Meanwhile, the education office plans to increase the number of Korean English teachers who can conduct classes only in English from current 56 percent to 70 percent through traininig programs by the end of the year. It will ultimately make all English teachers teach only in Enlgish by 2011.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/03/113_21557.html
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^^ They can't even spell 'English' right.
"The entire Korean peninsula is like a human appendix (interestingly it looks like that too), you are not sure why it is there since it serves no purpose other than potentially killing you when your appendix bursts (sic Nuclear instability)."
Hmm... where's the video Ry? Heheh!
ReplyDeletesoon. I will post it... :D
ReplyDeleteuploaded it. please check my videos.
ReplyDeletegaad, i don't even wanna get started. haha.
ReplyDeleteOh please do Monsieur Diplomat - off the record nga lang. hehehe. As a diplomat, I know that you officially dont have any opinion. ;)
ReplyDeletehahahahahaha! SPARKLING......... KOREA... LOL
ReplyDeletehahah yes yes, no official opinion, zip zip zippered. am just a diplomatic wanna be though haha.
ReplyDeletethis is ssoooo funny! iritating and insulting but comical.i taught koreans way back in college and the 50 peso per hour is not worth it! they eat up ur energy and slowly ur braincells are degenerating, they are way too lost in english... worst, u have to follow a study plan, where u teach them page per page.u dont learn that way, only kids do, and kids can coz their brains absorbs things fast, but a 28 year old korean???u have to start with abc.so i talk to my students that it but risked getting fired coz of the korean school reg. that we tutors should follow the damn book, part korean part english.it`s ok if ur learning german, we have the same letters but can i read korean?not in a million years.but the koreans that i met are nice though in fairness.
ReplyDeleteits just that they come to the phils. to learn english, pay us so cheap, but therefore we are not even that welcome in their country, talk about discrimination.i agree rian, teaching english is not the same like talking in english or writing in english.tsk, tsk...schrecklich!
"The entire Korean peninsula is like a human appendix (interestingly it looks like that too), you are not sure why it is there since it serves no purpose other than potentially killing you when your appendix bursts (sic Nuclear instability)."
ReplyDeleteSouth Korea uses tasers, stun guns vs illegal migrants
ReplyDeleteBy Veronica Uy
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 18:11:00 07/10/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Following separate announcements of the European Union and Malaysia of stricter policies against illegal migrants, South Korea has stepped up its own campaign to chase out illegal migrant workers, an alliance of overseas Filipino workers in the north Asian country said in a statement Thursday.
Pol Bar, president of the Katipunan ng mga Samahan ng Migranteng Manggagawa sa Korea (Kasammako), said South Korean immigration authorities use tasers (electroshock weapons) and electric stun guns in rounding up migrant workers.
He also cited instances where even pregnant women and men who are sick were arrested, incarcerated and consequently deported by the police.
Bar, whose Kasammako is a member organization of Migrante, called South Korea's intensified crackdown and deportation "treacherous" and "a contradiction to the well publicized notion that South Korean society is becoming a humane multi-cultural society."
"The intensive crackdown has forcibly deported thousands of migrant workers in spite of their health and family conditions," he said.
As of December 2007, there are a total of 80,715 Filipinos in South Korea, according to the Commission on Filipinos Overseas. Of the number, 6,187 are permanent residents, 62,528 are temporary, and an estimated 12,000 are irregular.
Bar's report prompted Migrante International chairperson Connie Bragas-Regalado to urge the Arroyo government to file a diplomatic protest against South Korea for its manner of arresting and deporting undocumented workers.
Regalado said President Lee Myung-Bak's marching orders issued last February were to flush out "unregistered aliens" in their country. She said immigration authorities there were given monthly quota of 3,000 arrests and deportations.
In Seoul and Busan, where Filipinos abound, the quotas are 600 and 250 respectively.
Regalado also criticized the quota system, which has "emboldened [South Korean authorities] to undertake Gestapo-like arrests, indiscriminately raiding work places, train stations, and churches even without a warrant."
She recalled a similar crackdown in Malaysia in 2002 and 2005 when undocumented Filipinos there suffered "unspeakable horrors."
In the 2002 and 2005 crackdowns, which Migrante documented after several fact-finding missions, Malaysian authorities used attack dogs in rounding up undocumented foreigners in their communities, forcing thousands to seek refuge in the mountains.
"Migrant communities were also razed to the ground to flush them out. Others also had their houses demolished using chainsaws. In 2005, the government hired more than 500,000 'relas' (volunteers) who were given police power to arrest any suspected undocumented migrant worker, giving 80 ringgit-incentive per head," Regalado said.
"Deportees also had to endure hellish conditions inside detention centers where some were even raped and tortured. Before being packed like sardines in boats, where scores died of exhaustion, respiratory problems and thirst, deportees were caned before they were allowed to leave," she said.
Regalado noted the recent statements of Malaysian officials regarding illegal migrants with alarm.
She said that unless the Arroyo government comes out with a clear-cut policy statement on the issue, illegal migrants in Malaysia might see a repeat of 2002 and 2005 crackdowns.
Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Esteban Conejos has said that there are an estimated 200,000 illegal Filipinos in Malaysia.
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RP to Korea: Let Pinoys teach English in schools
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GMANews.TV - Friday, July 11
Philippine Ambassador to South Korea Luis T. Cruz (left) discusses with Commissioner Choo Kyu-ho of the Korea Immigration Office the possibility of Filipino teachers gaining entry into South Korea as English teachers. DFAMANILA, Philippines - The Philippines is asking South Korea to reconsider its education policy and accommodate Filipino English teachers in their language schools. Philippine Ambassador to South Korea Luis Cruz discussed with Commissioner Choo Kyu-ho of the Korean Immigration Office the possibility of revising the law so that Filipino teachers can gain entry into South Korea.
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Under Korea’s law, only professionals from "native" English-speaking countries such as the United States, United Kingdom and Canada can teach the language in Korean schools.
In response, Choo said that South Korea is "considering extending the scope" of the law since its public schools are in need of more English teachers.
“With its highly qualified workforce, the Philippines can help South Korea meet this demand," Cruz said.
He added that talks would continue between the Philippines and the South Korean governments to extend the scope of the law and open its labor market to qualified Filipino English teachers.
Former Philippine Ambassador to Korea Susan Castrence earlier said she finds the policy “bizaare" despite the fact that thousands of Koreans flock to the Philippines every year to study English.
“Even the native-speaking United States gets teachers from the Philippines and why not Korea? You will be solving the dearth of English teachers with Filipino teachers," she said.
Castrence said about 1,312 Filipino teachers are currently teaching English and other subjects in the US in 2007.
Early this year, the Philippines, Pakistan, and Singapore have criticized the Korean government’s alleged “discriminating" working visa policy for teachers coming from non-native English speaking countries.
The countries denounced Seoul’s “narrow-minded" visa regulation as it prevents Korean students from developing English skills in a cheaper and efficient way.
They argued that “it is against international norms of equal treatment for all."
Among the countries classified as “eligible" to obtain the E-2 visa are: the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Ireland.
Aside from the Philippines, other countries named as “ineligible" to teach English in Korea are: Kenya, Singapore, Malaysia, Pakistan and India. Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, was also included in the list. - GMANews.TV
Made my day:
ReplyDelete3 Koreans stabbed dead in Olongapo home
By Tonette Orejas
Central Luzon Desk
First Posted 18:38:00 07/27/2008
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga—(UPDATE) Three members of a Korean family were stabbed and killed by still unidentified men in their house in Olongapo City on Sunday morning, a report reaching this regional police camp said.
Policemen found the bodies of Seok Heijang, 54; her daughter Suna Yoo, 35; and her granddaughter, Haneul Baek, 9, sprawled in the bedroom of their house at Sitio Kakilingan, Iram resettlement in Barangay (Village) Cabalan.
Suna Yoo’s son, Sangcheol, 11, reported the killings to the police.
Investigators said the killers entered the house by removing a piece of plywood that had covered a hole in the wall intended for the room’s air conditioning unit.
Investigators suspected that the mother and the girl were raped before they were killed. The three victims had stab wounds in their heads.
An undetermined amount of cash was taken from the grandmother.
“The incident is believed to have been perpetrated between midnight and 3 a.m. [Sunday] as indicated by the continuous barking of dogs around the neighborhood,” a report from the Olongapo City police said.
The report said the family slept at around 11:40 p.m. Saturday.
Suna Yoo’s husband, Baek Jin Suk, was in South Korea when the attack happened.
Suna Yoo’s father, Henry Choi, is a former contractor at the Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Corp. at the Redondo Peninsula of the Subic Bay Freeport in Zambales.
Choi, according to the police report, has been receiving death threats reportedly following the dismissal of several Filipino workers at Hanjin.
Police said three armed men went to Choi in June to ask money.
PHILIPPINES is still the best place to be!!!
ReplyDeleteits more beautiful than korea!!
all natural and no CAMERA TRICKS hahaha!!
also people here are all naturals... LOL!!!
GET IT... ALL NATURAL!!!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree, I was watching a news report on BBC today and the reporter was standing with the Seoul buildings as a backdrop - I couldn't believe how smoggy Seoul was - it is worst than Manila! When I was there, the smog in Seoul was so bad I could barely make out Namsan Tower 2 blocks away where I was standing from. If you see Korea commercials on TV, chances are it was "cleaned" up in the studio with computer graphics tools.
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