... as a guest English teacher, I think that controversial social issues are probably not something I ought to tackle in the classroom.
I try to avoid discussions of sexuality (along with things like territorial claims, politics, and colonialism etc) here in Korea, especially with my students.While I feel that I know Korea pretty well, I'm still a bit worried that I won't be able to accurately navigate the myriad social naunces of sexuality properly and end up having my comments interpreted in ways that I didn't intend.Also, as a guest English teacher, I think that controversial social issues are probably not something I ought to tackle in the classroom.I'm gung-ho about things like environmental issues, because there are reems and reems of unambiguous data to support it, but even then, I'm careful about how I present things in class. A bit of controversy can really engage students, but it can be very easy to accidently go to far when there are things like language barriers and cultural differences that interfere with clear communication.
There's not really anything inherently homophobic about the discussion you're trying to prompt here. It's also a point you didn't make in the other thread. Nor was the other thread about that. Instead it was an out of context, stand alone comment along the lines of "One of the things I like most about Korea is that it doesn't approve of this mental disorder." I suppose respect is different to everyone, but I wouldn't consider that very respectful.
I think most people would agree with this.There is no way that is what Aristocrat received his warning for. Multiple people brought up similar concerns. The comments were deleted because it went from "this lesson isn't going to go over well" to "keep your mental disorder out of Korea" to "In Canada, they let children identify as cats and eat food from the floor during lunchtime"
