Teaching English in Korea

Dear friends,

Chapter 2 focuses on Azeeza... Hence, I am wondering if you wouldn't mind sending me stories of the wierdest, most interesting or most typical stories you have heard or experienced teaching english/living in Korea....

 

I can only think of a few that happened while I was there:

1. Elderly Lady in Subway Beats Gyopo teacher with Unbrella: Korean Australian teacher waiting for subway suffers and unprovoked attack by old lady with umbrella as her choice of weapon... or was it a man? (I was also hit by an elderly lady with an umbrella for crossing my legs in the subway).
2. Do you Speak Korean? Hearing this question from someone from whom you have just had an hour long conversation with... in KOREAN!
3. Local teacher Falls Asleep in Class: Have you ever "co-taught" a class where the local teacher sits in a chair in the back of the room and proceeds to sleep... and to add insult to injury... SNORE?
4. Foreign Teacher Teaches Student How to.... ! Don't know if this one was ever true, so we won't elaborate.
5. Class Disrupted for Fiming of Silly TV Game Show Filming: It is as it sounds... ONe of those shows where students compete against teachers... and classes against other classes.
6. IMF Crisis: Students' Fathers Lose Jobs, Mothers Donate Gold: Witness distress and patriotism.
7. Student Riots and Tear Gassings in MyongDong.
8. The Opening of the First Starbucks.
9. Edae Students Enjoy Dunkin Donuts for Breakfast: Mind you they eat nothing else for the rest of the day.
10. Secondary School Students Comits Suicide When HOT Star Injured at Concert.
11. Students Teach Foreign Teacher How to Make DOkkbokki.
12. Gyopo Teacher Topples Would Be Purse Thief: Guy on scooter grabs bag of Gypopo teacher as he drives by. She holds on and yanks guy from scooter. She then begins to beat him with her bag.
13. Teachers Forced into English Prostitution: Like it or not, many teachers are forced to teach private lessons by principals and other school higher ups. When they attempt to quit... Often subjected to hour long screaming fits.

Please add to this list.