Same Korean Time, Same Korean Channel

well, well, well. I've introduced a new class for the last forty-five minutes of superkids' class every friday: multi-media generalization- visual and listening re-reinforcement... we watch movies. at least i feel like the kids pay attention to the lion king longer than they listen to me.

well, well, well, again. last week a girl who had asked when she started to get october off, and who had reminded the administration every month since, was given her time off... early... and was told that she'd have to wait and see if there would be room for her in november. which is to say they fired her. also last week, a girl was asked to teach at a time she had told them she could not. admin said either show up for the class or quit. she quit. yesterday, another girl was asked into the office to sign some post dated official reprimands about the way she dressed (it should be noted that she was the best dresser in the office, and while she is extraordinarily hot, it's not really that she was dressing to inappropriately, she'd look good in a potato sack). she refused, and it was a good thing too, because it turns out those reprimands were just enough to fire her without notice. as it is she was given til the september (or october, most of this is from the grapevine). since she was not here today, i guess she told them they could have until the end of "fuck off." what all of these three girls have in common is that they were young, women, and fairly vocal about their displeasure over the new IA director's ability. Strikes 1, 2, and 3 in standard korean business practice. it doesn't help that the new director is actually inept...almost to the point of being criminal.

so- three teachers are gone, three teaching loads are waiting for three new teachers... except those three teachers are nowhere to be seen. this could be because no one ever went looking for new teachers before they started firing old teachers.

my one recurring thought over these past few days is "this is what a sinking ship feels like, this is what a sinking ship feels like" i have got to make my way to pohang...