The F***ing Way She Goes

**WARNING - Offensive language referenced again **

There are certain times in Korea, when dealing with business, that you feel really left out in the dark. Korean culture deals with non-Koreans in a certain way. Everyone is called a "way-guk" - foreinger - and is always treated as such. This occasionally comes across in dealing with school.

For example - a new student was just added to Megan's class today. The problem with this is that this class is in "review mode". They are taking one month to review the material and stories they've read for the the past six months. How many of these stories has this girl read? None. How often does she understand whats going on, or is able to keep up with the rest of class. Never. What does the boss say when this is revealed - "That's Ok - she'll figure it out.

Example two. I have a kindergarten level class. These kids can identify letters, but mostly speak Korean. They think I speak Korean. They have decent sized English vocabularies, but are really hard to maintain. A new student was added to the class. She cannot even identify a letter. I explain this to management. "That's OK - she can just follow along and copy the others".

Example three. Today it was known that the foreign teachers will start collecting homework for the Korean students. Though this has not been the case for as long as the hagwon has been running. Of course this was told with virtually no explanation - accompanied by the "Understand?"... Of course we don't understand!! You told us this in 5 minutes!

This all ties back to the "wayguk" issue in Korean culture, plus another issue of Koreans waiting until the last minute to decide things. These are examples from the last week, so you can only imagine what may happen in a years time. However, I just thought back to an episode of Trailer Park Boys (a Candian comedy) to help me understand how to cope with this. "The F***ing Way She Goes..." I realize it is just the "f***ing way she goes" sometimes :-D (if you watch this with speakers on, realize two f-bombs are dropped, so cover the kids ears)