Woke western culture is now worse than Communism.

That's the most astonishing thing I've read ever on this site.  The concept of supply and demand has been simplified and over explained to you on this site countless times, yet you still can't grasp that it is behind the fact wages haven't increased much in the last ten years.  When supply and demand is brought up, you generally accuse the person of being a recruiter, hakwan owner or someone not willing to stand up for themselves.  You discard supply and demand outright as the cause for lower wages.  You're on the record here doing that countless times.  It's long been established that you don't remotely get the concept of supply and demand. 

Man, you need to stop paying off that monstrous debt you incurred from university.  They ripped you off. 

Yes, that's why the Great Recession put a cork in Korea's industry.  There were no other high paying alternatives except for the Middle East with different qualifications.  It's why in 2012, 2014, and 2016, when folks asked for a raise and complained I said nothing.  But most of those kids left and went home or elsewhere.  The last 2 to 3 years and now even more so that China and to a lesser extent Vietnam have risen up to compete.  If Korea doesn;t compete with them and their higher wages or at least savings potential, then in the next couple of years Korea will lose teachers.  Numbers have already gone down.  Supply of teachers too low and demand in Korea still reasonably high.  Moms still want English for their kids.  Understand the environment around you.  If you can't understand it or refuse to, then I can't help you. 

Hangook77 is the ghost of this board. Demands a ton of resources, claims he can blow everything up, always gets found out, never comes through.

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Hangook77 is the ghost of this board. Demands a ton of resources, claims he can blow everything up, always gets found out, never comes through.

Whatever yer smokin' sunny boy, pass it over....

>send probe
>pylon
>forge
>pylon
>cannon, cannon, cannon GG

probes now demand 100 minerals and threaten to move to china

i switch to zerg

If you hate probing, stay out of area 51. 

If you hate probing, stay out of area 51. 

Good one

Save me from it all.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RF9-efhHuE

Understand the environment around you.  If you can't understand it or refuse to, then I can't help you. 

You seem to live in your own private reality.  Covid has obviously had a huge affect on people coming here, but it is an aberration.  If you wouldn't mind (but I know you will) could you then please explain how the abundance of teacher's accepting the 2.1 jobs  out there is something other than a meet up of supply and demand?  You know, the industry destroying issue you've been relentlessly working into every thread you post on?  The demand has been there for these 2.1 jobs from new arrivals so schools haven't been forced to raise the wages.  Do you truly not understand that, or are you just being stubborn and difficult like you are with the "use to" issue?  As someone who apparently majored in business you seem to not grasp that a sound principle of business is to not pay more than you have to.  Schools aren't just going to pay you more because you're still here. You've hit the ceiling.  If you want more go out and make it.  Stop complaining that you are in an industry that doesn't pay the big bucks and has a pay scale with a quickly reachable ceiling.  All your empty threats about going to China are not going to result in your school paying you more.  They just expect you to move on.  You have to face that reality and stop the useless whining on here.  That's all it is from you now.  You can't be taken seriously. 

If you wouldn't mind could you then please explain how the abundance of teacher's accepting the 2.1 jobs  out there is something other than a meet up of supply and demand? 

Ignorance and not knowing what they are worth.  The reality is if lots of other employers are paying 3 to 5 million won a month, then 2.1 million won't attract a whole lot of people long term.  It seems you are unable to grasp it.  Yet you ask me over and over again.  I'd say out of the 5 or so trolls on this site, you get the most offended and triggered if someone points out something better or greater alternatives.  Not sure what psychological issue it is.  What is it about pointing out alternatives that gets you so triggered and riled up?  I mean honstly if you want to work for less, do so.  What do I care?  But why do you feel the need to troll and argue repeatedly?  Is there something wrong?  Did I knock you out of your comfort zone or something?  I mean honestly, it's not like I ever PMed you telling you to take other jobs?  Geeze, get over yourself, mac!

I need saving from up above.  Maybe he got probed too. 

Yes, that's why the Great Recession put a cork in Korea's industry.  There were no other high paying alternatives except for the Middle East with different qualifications.  It's why in 2012, 2014, and 2016, when folks asked for a raise and complained I said nothing.  But most of those kids left and went home or elsewhere.  The last 2 to 3 years and now even more so that China and to a lesser extent Vietnam have risen up to compete.  If Korea doesn;t compete with them and their higher wages or at least savings potential, then in the next couple of years Korea will lose teachers.  Numbers have already gone down.  Supply of teachers too low and demand in Korea still reasonably high.  Moms still want English for their kids.  Understand the environment around you.  If you can't understand it or refuse to, then I can't help you. 

I'm confident that if you took all the time and effort you've spent bitching about more money for position requiring an entry level bachelors degree over 15 damn years, you'd have a damn PHD by now and would be earning big bucks at some cushy university gig.

I arrived in 2014 and I, like many of us, spent the first year or two blowing money like a fool (no my parents weren't rich, I had expensive hobbies and liked travelling). It took 2yrs and a good woman by my side to get my head straight and think smarter with my money. 2yrs and I consider that long. After 15yrs it's not Korea's fault that you STILL haven't got your financial sh*t together and you studied business?!

The reason you keep getting renewed is that you're a predictable element in the education system. There's value in being predictable and there's some value to you, but not so much that you can't be easily replaced if you become anything more than mildly annoying to your school and/or POE.

If you're not willing to be at peace with this arrangement then improving your qualifications is the next logical step.

With better qualifications, you can demand more money.
Without qualifications, you can beg for more money.

It is only the most miserable underachievers that find themselves trapped by their inability to accept responsibility for their own poor choices and spend all day criticising/blaming others.

Ignorance and not knowing what they are worth.  The reality is if lots of other employers are paying 3 to 5 million won a month, then 2.1 million won't attract a whole lot of people long term.  It seems you are unable to grasp it.  Yet you ask me over and over again.  I'd say out of the 5 or so trolls on this site, you get the most offended and triggered if someone points out something better or greater alternatives.  Not sure what psychological issue it is.  What is it about pointing out alternatives that gets you so triggered and riled up?  I mean honstly if you want to work for less, do so.  What do I care?  But why do you feel the need to troll and argue repeatedly?  Is there something wrong?  Did I knock you out of your comfort zone or something?  I mean honestly, it's not like I ever PMed you telling you to take other jobs?  Geeze, get over yourself, mac!

I love how when you get triggered your default mode is to start calling me triggered.  My response was measured and on point.  Your response is a typical rambling tirade that says nothing and just repeats itself.  When we are talking about jobs being able to pay 2.1 we are not talking about jobs in China.  There are not lots of jobs paying ESL instructors 5 million won a month in Korea. Are you actually being serious when you refer to "lots" of jobs that pay that?  Because if that were true, people would be seeing all those high paying job offers and obviously would not go with a 2.1 starting wage. There are people that want to come to Korea.  In Korea, the supply and demand mechanism is keeping wages low.  It IS that simple.  And should be simple to understand.  You can't seem to grasp that there are people who are looking to come to Korea specifically, and as adults, must deal with the realities of the local job market. Why do you get triggered when I try to help by explaining these issues that confound you?  A thank you would be nice. 

Now, you don't come across as the brightest bulb in the bunch, but even you can't think that by constantly regurgitating the same message you're diverting people away from Korea and as a result are going to drive up your value here.  Or do you?  I mean it's clear you don't really want to leave. 

Now, you don't come across as the brightest bulb in the bunch, but even you can't think that by constantly regurgitating the same message you're diverting people away from Korea and as a result are going to drive up your value here.  Or do you?  I mean it's clear you don't really want to leave. 

Any Kitchen Nightmares fans here?

Any Kitchen Nightmares fans here?

Nice,  that couple were legendary.  I liked that show along with Hotel Hell more than Hell's Kitchen. 

Nice,  that couple were legendary.  I liked that show along with Hotel Hell more than Hell's Kitchen. 

Oh totally, when it comes to HK vs Nightmares, Nightmares is 20x better.

Yeah.  Normally when the school calls the parent they have to go in.  They tried to keep her daughter after school and make her be in trouble with some punishment.  My sister said she did nothing wrong and they left.  Her daughter was back at school the next day no matter how much the libtarded teachers didn't like that.  They were hoping to shame or scold her or something.  But then they went and gave the power to the parents.  So their hands are tied.  Too bad for them.  Boo hoo.  If you can't understand it.  Then I can't help you. 


If they didn't try to make her in trouble they wouldn't have kept her after school while calling her mother would they?  They lose.

"make her in trouble"--are you a native French speaker by any chance? Is that why you can't find a better paying job in SK?

Ah.  Good old fashioned misdirection.  One of the oldest lies in the book.

actually it was a meme easy mistake to make

I'm confident that if you took all the time and effort you've spent bitching about more money for position requiring an entry level bachelors degree over 15 damn years, you'd have a damn PHD by now and would be earning big bucks at some cushy university gig.

I arrived in 2014 and I, like many of us, spent the first year or two blowing money like a fool (no my parents weren't rich, I had expensive hobbies and liked travelling). It took 2yrs and a good woman by my side to get my head straight and think smarter with my money. 2yrs and I consider that long. After 15yrs it's not Korea's fault that you STILL haven't got your financial sh*t together and you studied business?!

The reason you keep getting renewed is that you're a predictable element in the education system. There's value in being predictable and there's some value to you, but not so much that you can't be easily replaced if you become anything more than mildly annoying to your school and/or POE.

If you're not willing to be at peace with this arrangement then improving your qualifications is the next logical step.

With better qualifications, you can demand more money.
Without qualifications, you can beg for more money.

It is only the most miserable underachievers that find themselves trapped by their inability to accept responsibility for their own poor choices and spend all day criticising/blaming others.

While I agree to a point with the last sentence here, it is harsh. There are a lot of African-Americans in the USA that would beg to differ.

The answers to profound problems are never facile, despite our (my) best efforts to make them so.

While I agree to a point with the last sentence here, it is harsh. There are a lot of African-Americans in the USA that would beg to differ.

The answers to profound problems are never facile, despite our (my) best efforts to make them so.

The inability to accept responsibility for one's failures or shortcomings is a clear sign of emotional insecurity/immaturity or Narcissistic Personality Disorder, as the inability to accept responsibility is a major symptom. We all possess some degree of narcism or insecurity, but when it becomes debilitating and/or dominates a big part of your life then you have issues.

I'm not going to single out a race of people, but those who live near the poverty line tend to have rough upbringings and/or circumstances. This greatly affects one's mental development and maturity. I will say that I believe mental issues are FAR more common and widespread, particularly in poorer communities.

Her second book is coming out soon. Sounds like a good read.

"In While Time Remains, Park sounds the alarm for Americans by highlighting the dangerous hypocrisies, mob tactics, and authoritarian tendencies that speak in the name of wokeness and social justice. No one is spared in her eye-opening account, including the elites who claim to care for the poor and working classes but turn their backs on anyone who dares to think independently."
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/While-Time-Remains/Yeonmi-Park/9781668003312

Her second book is coming out soon. Sounds like a good read.

"In While Time Remains, Park sounds the alarm for Americans by highlighting the dangerous hypocrisies, mob tactics, and authoritarian tendencies that speak in the name of wokeness and social justice. No one is spared in her eye-opening account, including the elites who claim to care for the poor and working classes but turn their backs on anyone who dares to think independently."
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/While-Time-Remains/Yeonmi-Park/9781668003312

No one is saying America is exactly like North Korea today or Cuba or Venezuela.  But it is definitely going in that direction.   You had to have Venezuela take a turn in the 1970's and 1980's to make it ripe for what was to come later.  You had to have Cuba go more in that direction in the 1930's to make it ripe for a later take over.  Creeping Communism and control.  If you went against their official ideology or politically correct talk, you would be cancelled quite literally as you could disappear once these regimes took over.