Evaluated

For a while now - probably for as long as I have been in Korea, and I'm sure well before I got here - Native English Teachers have been hearing that "Korea is slowing trying to get rid of us".

The likelihood of it, the actuality of it, the possibility of it really happening is all up in the air.  

But the they have slowly been making small moves to reduce our numbers.

The number of NETs placed in high schools throughout Korea has been significantly decreased, if not entirely eliminated.  There are rumors that middle schools will be next.  And so on and so on, until there are none of us here.

Which would be really sad.  

Sure I don't want to be here my whole life.  

But I don't want to be forced out either.   

When it's time for me to go home or start another journey - I want it to be because it is my choosing and not a government decision to save funds and return things to a homogenous environment.

So when my students were asked to do an evaluation about their opinions on 'the need for native teachers' (i.e. me!) I couldn't help but feel a storm of butterflies take over my stomach.

10 questions.  On a scale of 1-5, 5 being best.  That was all it was.  10 questions to evaluate the need of my job. 

No big deal. 

Oh wait!  Let's make it even more specific and only ask one, ONE, class per grade and see how they feel.  And let's use that as a small sampling, a little insight, and estimated average if you will!!!!!

Bahhhh!!!!

Overall, my students seemed to like me and think there was an actual need for me.

Bless those little monsters!

  

However, they don't make the decisions.  So now it's a waiting game.  

A waiting game to see if the government thinks the same in the upcoming months.