One of my coworkers had to call a parent because the son wasn't there yesterday. He figured the kid would be dropping out of the hagwon. I guess the kid complained to him about working too hard.
Sure enough, according to the mother, they are looking for a new academy. Evidently ours makes the students work too hard. She just wants her son to go and have fun in English. It doesn't matter if he doesn't actually have the ability to speak English well. He should just play and have fun in English. (Oh the student is grade 5 Elementary school. Not kindergarten. Nor is he special needs.)
Now why the hell not tell us when you sign him up that you don't care if he learns or not? We could easily have opened a special class for him and any others like him. Age/level wouldn't matter because they aren't there to learn. Teachers would be fighting to teach ... errr have ... this class since it wouldn't really require any work.
Mind you what REALLY had me shaking my head and saying "What the kimchi?" is that most parents are the OPPOSITE of this mother. They want their kids pushed. They want them to have homework. If they don't think their kid is progressing fast enough they will yank them and find a new hagwon. (I could easily rant on and on about this kind of Korean mother.)
Such is life in the Land of the Morning Calm and the Afternoon Confusion.
Perhaps the Asian world is catching up to those of us in North America? A world where everything has to be fun, even work?
ReplyDeleteCould be. Mind you this type of mother is in the minority. In my experience, well, I have NEVER heard a mother say anything like that before.
ReplyDeleteI find that parents here just like to complain. The same parent will tell the next school to make him work harder.
ReplyDeleteKRD:
ReplyDeleteI have no doubt of that. If his English shows no improvement to HER satisfaction (and she doesn't speak any English) she will bitch them out.