![]() Korean Teachers takes the unwitting reader on a journey through an incredibly precarious industry, one where immense peaks and troughs are caused by matters beyond its control. Ga-eun, a popular, successful teacher, sees the world come crashing down around her because of certain extracurricular activities, and Han-hee, a coordinator hoping to be made a permanent employee, finds out that life doesn’t get any easier as you climb up the ladder. Seon-yi, a new recruit, does her best in an unfamiliar job, hoping to be offered more work next semester, while the jaded Mi-ju is frustrated that teaching skills count for nothing when evaluation time comes around. ![]() It’s unnerving how well Seo describes the lives of people who can never quite be sure that they’ll have a job come the end of the course.Īs the year progresses, the various teachers struggle to cope with issues that arise. ![]() The novel takes us through a year at the Korean language school of H University in Seoul, with each of the four “semesters” seen through the eyes of a different teacher. When I’m not reading and reviewing literature in translation, I can be found teaching English to foreign students at an Australian university, so reading Korean Teachers was an interesting experience.
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