RANTING/VENTING MEGATHREAD 3.0

So when we're talking the example a few foreigners in using that to generalise and profile the behaviour of every other foreign national in the country it's legitimate profiling in the interests of national security.

How is a single-page CYA notice "generalizing and profiling"? The Board of Education sent that notice to its employees.

It did not send it to every foreign national, nor is every foreign national under suspicion of this. There are plenty of foreign nationals who are NOT Public School English Teachers.

The government of Korea has a duty to protect EVERYONE... but I'm glad to know that, in your eyes, a Korean's safety takes priority over my own and the fact that, like all of us here, I'm a taxpayer means nothing.

Your hallucination of what I said has been noted.

I said "residents." That includes you and I and all others, Korean and non-Korean alike.

And yes, citizens do get priority over non-citizens. That is one of the choices you make when you choose to move overseas. You can at times be second in line, and if your host country wants to do that, that is their prerogative. There was a transaction made- I give up certain things by moving here in exchange for legal residency. That's life.

Seriously, only an entitled ass would think that 6 months to three years of living as a guest worker in a country entitles them to everything enjoyed by a citizen of that country.

And guess what, by having your field of work subject to track and trace, notifications, and testing regulations, they are treating you like they treat other Koreans. The Korean government, as you yourself have said, have been pretty thorough in their track and trace and their citizens have gone along with it.

Since you're making a big deal of wanting to be the same as a citizen, shouldn't you be the same as a citizen and cooperate with the whole track and trace program that has proven incredibly effective?

Regarding the profiling and mass testing: When big clusters originate from churches do they mass test everyone in the region belonging to that church denomination?

Regarding the profiling and mass testing: When big clusters originate from churches do they mass test everyone in the region belonging to that church denomination?

Likely comes down to numbers. How many English teachers are there in Gyeonggi? How many people at say, a big Korean megachurch or in Shincheonji?

There is likely a point at which it is feasible and which it isn't.

It's not like they profiled ALL foreigners, as some have erroneously claimed.

Likely comes down to numbers. How many English teachers are there in Gyeonggi? How many people at say, a big Korean megachurch or in Shincheonji?

There is likely a point at which it is feasible and which it isn't.

It's not like they profiled ALL foreigners, as some have erroneously claimed.

I live in a building with a shincheonji training center and they have not been allowed back into their space yet by the gov and the landlord

I live in a building with a shincheonji training center and they have not been allowed back into their space yet by the gov and the landlord

Clearly this is because the government only singles out foreigners and the Korean public hasn't gone after any other groups that showed a spike in infections.

At some point you have to recognize reality: We are in a group that 1) Is going to be high-profile due to our contact with children and 2) DOES tend to cluster.

We have to balance safety and equality.

Lee JaeMyeong has announced his presidential bid.

This is the man behind the Great Gyeonggi Wayg Corona Test Caper of recent months.

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Only had two classes this morning and am facing a long afternoon.  I'll probably plop down on my yoga map and do my "stretching" for an hour but that's probably all I'll be able to do.  My first time co-teacher is young and gets nervous having to discuss basic things with me.  I'm considering popping in next door and telling her that I've fallen head over heels in love with her over the last months and just needed to get that off my chest to see how that shakes up the afternoon.  I am in a committed relationship, so would also have to explain the concept of unrequited love before summing it up with "Just thought you should know, have a great weekend."  Down sides?

Only had two classes this morning and am facing a long afternoon.  I'll probably plop down on my yoga map and do my "stretching" for an hour but that's probably all I'll be able to do.  My first time co-teacher is young and gets nervous having to discuss basic things with me.  I'm considering popping in next door and telling her that I've fallen head over heels in love with her over the last months and just needed to get that off my chest to see how that shakes up the afternoon.  I am in a committed relationship, so would also have to explain the concept of unrequited love before summing it up with "Just thought you should know, have a great weekend."  Down sides?

Soooo, is there some kind of backstory behind this, or is it because of your long afternoon, lol?

My first time co-teacher is young and gets nervous having to discuss basic things with me. 

Ask her if she knows any good clubs in Hongdae that you don't need to QR code sign-in for.

Soooo, is there some kind of backstory behind this, or is it because of your long afternoon, lol?

Just my long afternoon.  I saw her hemming and hawing in the hallway and just had the random thought that if she gets flustered over finding a pencil on the floor, how she'd react if I told her I was in love with her.  I don't actually have any amorous feelings for her.  It's just where your mind goes when you've been done for the day since 10:25 and the rest of the semester is planned out.  I'll probably end up back on booking.com and Google street view planning for that summer vacation in Austria and Germany I'm not taking . 

Hmm, did she ever smile while talking to you? That would surely mean she is into you.

You could ask her if she listens to BTS. I heard that's a great pick up line.

I saw her hemming and hawing in the hallway and just had the random thought that if she gets flustered over finding a pencil on the floor, how she'd react if I told her I was in love with her.

Kdramas have prepared her for that, if you really want to throw her off, share edgy memes about Korea with her but with zero context.

share edgy memes about Korea with her but with zero context.

I have some, if anyone needs them.

Where’s the meme(s) about waygook.org?

Bill Maher: NEW RULE!

If you have a website that lets you book bus/train tickets, then you let the user select the destination FIRST. THEN when I bring up the list of departure stations, you ONLY show me the stations that have routes departing from them TO MY SPECIFIC destination.

The KTX booking is HORRIBLE for this. I'm going to Gwangju. That is the given. I don't want to sort through all the stations in the system, pick one that is close to my house and then get a "Route not found." JUST show me the ones I can depart from, you idiots.

Bill Maher: NEW RULE!

If you have a website that lets you book bus/train tickets, then you let the user select the destination FIRST. THEN when I bring up the list of departure stations, you ONLY show me the stations that have routes departing from them TO MY SPECIFIC destination.

The KTX booking is HORRIBLE for this. I'm going to Gwangju. That is the given. I don't want to sort through all the stations in the system, pick one that is close to my house and then get a "Route not found." JUST show me the ones I can depart from, you idiots.

Sums up Korea: Great Mobile Apps but generally shit websites.

Will there ever come a day where public schools are allowed to get rid of all the old, useless sh*t that just takes up space?

While looking for camp materials at the back of the English room I found a huge stash of audio cassette tapes, a Windows 98 CD case and of course a library of books that have never been used since they're too advanced.

On a related note, I was scratching for craft materials for a Rube Goldberg camp activity I'm planning. My CT is way too eager to just buy new materials every year, for every activity, instead of seeing what's available to be used again. The fun and creativity behind designing a Rube Goldberg machine is to use what's available, not buy because it's not your money and you can't be bothered to do a bit of rummaging. For God's sake, this woman wants to buy sticks for one of the activities instead of getting the students to spend less than 5min gathering them from the school garden.

How can someone be that wasteful and oblivious?

gathering them from the school garden.

오, 더티.

How can someone be that wasteful and oblivious?

Rule #1 of government spending: Spend it or lose it in next year's budget.

It's true the world over and is unavoidable.

Rule #1 of government spending: Spend it or lose it in next year's budget.

It's true the world over and is unavoidable.

If you would've resisted the urge to defend any hint of criticism against anything Korean you might've stopped to gather some more information before pouncing to that conclusion.

I'm trying to spend as much of the limited camp budget on dictionaries that can be used by all the students, year round. We have no dictionaries and my CT with 12yrs experience and an MA
seems to think I'm being a bit odd by making the students use picture dictionaries to learn new words by themselves instead of asking us "How do you spell chicken?" or "What is '똥' in English?"
50X a day.

Anyway....even after spending the entire budget on dictionaries we wont have half as many as I'd like. Other than the dictionaries there's very little funds to buy other camp material and I'm fine with that as planning a kick ass camp simply requires creativity and know how, not money.

So, no, she's just wasteful and it's something I've noticed with most of the CTs I've worked with. For one sports activity, during winter camp, I just wanted a few old blankets or sheets so the students could have a kind of blanket sled race off the slippery floors in the hall (the loved it). My
CT new exactly what I was going to be using the blankets for and instead of spending a bit of effort to find an old blanket, she orders brand new blankets, online, from that cost over 150k!

Stay off the internet if you're that terrified of having Korea criticised.