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Thousands of S Korean teachers rally for protection from abusive parents (www.trtworld.com)

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[-] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For the unaware: There’s something fairly common in Korea, which translates to something along the lines of “Night Run”. People will hear that and go “oh okay, I guess they’re going for a jog?” But it’s actually referring to teachers’ tendencies to ghost overnight. Things are so bad in S. Korea that teachers feel the need to just vanish. It’s one of those Underground Railroad “don’t tell anyone you’re planning it, even your closest friend” type of thing. And yes, it’s so common that they have a specific phrase for it.

Teachers are leaving their entire lives and livelihoods behind, taking only what they can fit into a carry-on duffel bag. They’ll go to extreme lengths to cover their tracks, up to and including buying a plane ticket in cash on the same day that they’re leaving. They won’t even buy a plane ticket in advance, because they’re so afraid someone will find out about it. There are even apocryphal stories that Korean immigration/customs may try to stop fleeing teachers, and will even call the school if they find out you’re a teacher that is attempting to flee. All because the teaching situation in S. Korea has left them feeling so powerless that they believe fleeing is their only solution.

[-] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I've seen The Glory. Certainly doesn't paint schooling in a very positive light

[-] zeppo@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Interesting… similar problems have emerged and become more intense in the US over the past couple decades.

[-] sacredbirdman@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

I must admit I don't know the situation well but I feel like "immunity from child emotional abuse claims" is not the right move. This feels like a symptom of much wider problems. Parents work way too much, kids spend too much time in school, too much revolves around being "productive". Parents can't parent much but they feel the pressure to provide their kids with best possible future.. Much is left to the teachers who probably need to do parenting work too without necessary time and tools. So they suffer, because kids suffer because parents suffer.

[-] Gympie_Gympie_pie@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

I’m from Italy and several of my friends are teachers: parents nowadays are so abusive towards teachers, they will blame the teachers for their lazy child’s low grades. It’s the teacher’s fault if the child fails tests, or if is unruly and gets reprimanded. Parents never blame their lazy, videogames-playing, social media-browsing kid for failing tests, nor they take responsibility for not ensuring they do their homework. They wait for the teachers outside the school to attack them, they criticise them with the other parents, they complain with the principal, they even move kids to other schools (where the cycle starts over)… everything but owing that their child just doesn’t study enough. Fanatical parents are a real issue

[-] TheFonz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'm also from Italy, and let's not kid ourselves: The education system here is still somewhere in the 70s in terms of understanding child development or anything related to pedagogy. Not saying youre wrong about parents neglecting their kids either though.

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