> Hey Athena, your talk about low class universities degrees in Korea.
> I really question the established universities that give the foreign
> teachers thier degrees, specially the BA in edu. of course not to
> mention the disastrous "tesol diploma" that comes with the
> package.

> BTW: Before you create a virtual personality of me without even know
> me, my name is Baek, I'm doing a PHD.

> I agree 100% with Mary Choi's message. Why Korea is the country that
> offers the best teaching packages (including round prepaid airfare)
> and all we get as teachers is the worst scum of this world. Many of
> them can not even speak English well. of course they all qualify for
> teachers coz all of them have BA's and tesols from the so called well
> established universities.

Hi, Baek:

I do agree with your opinion about Mary Choi's message PARTLY, yet, offering the best teaching package does not always ending up with best teachers if they, the Korean schools, keep hiring YOUNG, IN-EXPERIENCED, UN-QUALIFIED, not mentioning about UN-QUALIFIED, only pale-faced "native speakers"? Who's to blame?

There are also problems with the recruiters, too. I have two degrees, BA and BEd (with more than 25 years teaching experience in Canada), listed in my Certificates of Qualifications issued by The College of Teachers in Ontario. The recruiter replied by saying: "We hire only teachers with a BS".
Alex Wu