The percentage of wonderfully respectful and well-behaved students to those that are completely the opposite is about 50-50.
One thing that I was surprised to encounter is that in a traditional Confucianism society/culture, I expected that more students would respect people of authority and those of elder status. However, this seems to apply more to Koreans than to foreigners. About half of the students are quite rude and unruly towards foreign teachers. This might have something to do with the language barrier and testing the limits of what they can get away with, but I believe most children know what is right from what is wrong (generally). Fifty percent of the students I encountered are really interested in learning English and they treat you well. The other half of students don’t want to be there, and therefore are quite rude, disruptive, and uncooperative in the classroom. Kids will be kids regardless of the location or nationality. There will be those that are great to teach, and those who you would rather not have to see on a daily basis. Either way, the kids will teach you something about yourself. Good luck.
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