Sounds like it was a very humbling experience for you. A taste of the experience of what every immigrant that goes to an English speaking country like America face, but a lot less dehumanizing for you since you were much more respected and brought in as a teacher. Hope this experience made you empathize with immigrants more (I assume you are not one yourself since your experience of being a foreigner in Korea was so new to you). Keep at it!
My wife had a similar experience when she immigrated to America from China. Got lost in the downtown area. She knew enough English at the time to ask for help, but that was about it. Some security dudes weren’t very helpful to her and quite standoffish. It was only until a completely different security guard (and more empathetic) helped drive her back to her workplace.
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Sounds like it was a very humbling experience for you. A taste of the experience of what every immigrant that goes to an English speaking country like America face, but a lot less dehumanizing for you since you were much more respected and brought in as a teacher. Hope this experience made you empathize with immigrants more (I assume you are not one yourself since your experience of being a foreigner in Korea was so new to you). Keep at it!
My wife had a similar experience when she immigrated to America from China. Got lost in the downtown area. She knew enough English at the time to ask for help, but that was about it. Some security dudes weren’t very helpful to her and quite standoffish. It was only until a completely different security guard (and more empathetic) helped drive her back to her workplace.