Life Update: Hagwon Nightmare! I'm in Sejong now!
So y'all know how there are some nightmares when working in Korea as a teacher? Especially at an academy (hagwon). Well, I just went through it in this last month.
From my knowledge, if an academy (hell any company as y'all see with the whole Hyuna and cube situation) no longer wants you they will find any reason to get rid of you. No matter how small or petty.
My previous academy was going fine. And from what I've heard, my now old director, had 0 issues with my ability to teach or do any of my work required of me. Something that was a big confidence boost in my ability to teach after the first academy I started with.
However, the reason that I was given by the director was that she started to ban us from having a lunch break because it was work hours. It started from me forgetting one piece of material that kept me from one of my classes for 5-10 minutes. She talked to me through kakao, which she would frequently do after work hours instead of talking to me in person as she had begun to do.
I made her speak to my face and the things she said to me were beyond rude and disrespectful. She was placing a lot of work on the white new guy and telling only him things as if she expected him to tell everyone else cause she was training him to be a manager, but he was in the same work position as myself and other teachers. I call her on this and she tells me "Well that's because he's American" (see = white)
I got visibly upset at that statement alone and she was confused as to why. Add on that she told me she doesn't understand why I as a human being needs to eat on a break and that she doesn't care to listen to anything I had to say, I had already set up in my mind that I'm not going to resign (hah jokes on me amirite). I mean she was tryna use stuff I did when I first got there but haven't done since the first month as another excuse but ya know it was never something bad???? But whatever.
So since then she nitpicked at everything and eventually took away everyone's right to eat or even leave the office to get food for a break. Everyone was visibly upset over this unethical and unlawful rule. But of course everyone expected my black ass to be the martyr. Not today.
Finally she had the last straw with me eating before work hours at the office and when told she's being unprofessional, I was let go.
The following was said since my release from the last academy (I got another job within a week btw) and the meme above was my reaction:
"I don't like you, but if I miss you can I text you through kakaotalk?"
And that's what you missed on glee!