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Korean Teachers Abused By Parents

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Massive demonstrations in Seoul mark the anguish of Korean teachers pushed to the brink by pushy parents. Plus, the miracle of air safety is presented as a crisis. And more with Foer—Franklin Foer, author of The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the struggle for America's Future. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist Subscribe: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Wednesday, September 6th, 2023 from Peach Fish Productions.

0:08.0

It's the Jess Time Mike Pesca.

0:10.2

In my 20s, I held 4th in a hog wand.

0:13.2

Yes, I taught in a Korean supplemental educational institution, in Seoul, specifically teaching

0:18.9

the Koreans how to take the SAT, lots of high math, low verbal splits, I am not kidding.

0:24.3

But in my hard-won hog wand time, I learned this.

0:28.5

Even parents are dedicated, passionate, invested, seriously invested in their children's

0:38.4

educations to the point of destruction at times.

0:41.7

Feeling the brunt of it these days are Korean teachers who just can't take these hyper-focused

0:46.8

parents.

0:48.1

After a few high-profile suicides, Korean teachers have begun speaking out, and Moss, they've

0:54.9

taken to the streets in protest of parental excess.

0:57.8

Now, they do so during the weekends, they're not desperate enough to actually disrupt

1:01.4

the school day, but it was a creed teaching corps as the BBC reported.

1:07.0

And what this did here has opened this Pandora's Box really, where teachers all across the

1:12.2

country have started sharing their own stories about how they are frequently harassed by teachers

1:18.0

here who call them all hours of the day on their mobile phones and at weekends complaining.

1:23.6

Essentially, they say these are overbearing parents who are just completely fixated on

1:28.8

their children's success at school.

1:31.5

And you know, some of these complaints are serious that teachers are having to deal with.

1:35.9

The teachers say that they can be accused of child abuse if they try to restrain violent

1:41.0

children or if they try to send children out of the class and they can be accused of

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