Goddamn it!

This will be twice, TWICE, in a row that I have lost my job to some reflexive-consonant-using Indian sitting in a cubicle in the outskirts of Delhi.

According to the Korea times, a company will be offering English instruction via the Internet for much less money than what is currently charged by English academies such as the one at which I work. I haven't checked out pricing yet, but if they can deliver half the product for one-quarter of the price, we're all screwed.

Mom, clear out my bedroom; I'm coming home.

Indians to Teach English via Internet By Cho Jin-seo
Staff Reporter (Korea Times)

An Indian company is tapping the lucrative English education market in South Korea with a person-to-person online tutoring service at an Indian price, known as e-tutoring, or "education outsourcing.''

Krishnan Ganesh, the founder and the CEO of TutorVista, said the Bangalore-based firm is preparing to open a Korean-language site this month to launch full e-tutoring programs for individual students and for companies.

He also said that some 50 Korean students are already enrolled at general English programs which offer unlimited, 24-hour-open tutoring at only $100 per month, and about 200 more are in more expensive SAT, TOEFL, GMAT and GRE examination preparation courses taught by Indian teachers in real time.

"We spent six months of research in the Korean and Chinese markets,'' he said in a telephone interview with The Korea Times this week. "There is a small market on the top of the pyramid for native English-speaking teachers. That comes at $30 or $40 per hour and that is affordable only by the rich.

Half of Teenagers Have Watched Pr0n

Really? According to a survey by the Korean Health Teachers Association for Healthy Society and the Korean Teachers and Education Workers' Union, KOREAN KIDS ARE NORMAL! Westerners, do you remember how hard it was to get pr0n before the age of the Internets? God bless broadband. (Bonus: they should have considered the pr0n inherent to Asian animation; the number would be upwards of 99%.)



From the Korea Times:

About half of elementary, middle and high school students have looked at pr0nography, while some 3 percent of them have had sex, according to a recent survey. Most of the sexual experiences took place at their homes or friends' homes. A survey conducted by the Korean Health Teachers Association for Healthy Society and the Korean Teachers and Education Workers' Union showed 47.1 percent of students have seen pr0n photos or video footage.

Link: Half of Teenagers Have Watched Pr0n