A New Cultural Experience
This is considered funny in Japan and S. Korea. I do not understand why. Anal penetration is no big deal here. On the other hand, many Koreans deny that homosexuality exists in their country. I can't really make any sense of it.
I was made aware that "tong chim" is an occupational hazard of teaching in Korea before my arrival, thanks to Brandon, who provides a detailed account of the outrage of the experience here. But knowing about it and experiencing it are two very different things. I've generally been careful, standing with my back to the wall and putting my hands behind my back and over my bum when I lean over, but you only have to let your guard down once.
So on Friday a student shoved a pencil up my butt. I was distracted. There was a fistfight brewing; I was trying to get a pudgy kid not to slug a runt with glasses. I shouldn't have turned my back on the rear table of boys. They're always the worst.
This is one thing about Korea that I don't understand and never will. I don't want any part of it. I can deal with the gross food, the last minute schedule changes, and appreciate the K-logic that goes into spending $12 000 on an unused library (full of books far too difficult for any of our students to read) and refusing to pay us overtime, but I will not stand to have anything shoved up my bum.
Thankfully, it took nearly seven months for it to happen, so hopefully I will leave this silly place before another student decides to give me a free prostate exam.