[KS] Bullying in ROK Public Schools

Henny Savenije webmaster at henny-savenije.pe.kr
Mon May 18 21:08:08 EDT 2009


At 03:23 AM 5/19/2009, you wrote:

>In my experience, it is certain that the girl will attract attention 
>as a foreigner in her new school, but it is by no means certain that 
>she will be bullied.  It might turn out fine!  There are more and 
>more foreigners in Korea ---
>
>Ask her teachers to look after her holistic integration, and if 
>possible, advise them to move to Seoul, the most diverse city 
>there.  Oh, and if she can go to a foreigners school (rather than an 
>expensive international school) it will be better.
>
>Definitely don't expect it to happen - Koreans can be very nice hosts. . . .
>
>2009/5/18 michael robinson <<mailto:robime at indiana.edu>robime at indiana.edu>

They can be indeed to foreigners, but bullying still happens even 
though many middle and high schools have anti-bullying "police" and 
cctv cameras. I think the issue here is more that this girl is 
Korean-American and according to the other students not a foreigner 
attending a Korean school. They will consider the girl to be Korean 
and not a foreigner and she's open game.

One of the children of one my Korean friends had a hard time, since 
she lived most of her life in the Netherlands and when back in Korea 
attending middle school was a drama for her.


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