I was talking to a good lawyer friend, and he said that the ethics that lawyers are bound by after graduating from a U.S. university and passing the bar exam are to insure that their legal profession and their buisness dealings are honest and above board. The said lawyers are still bound by the ethics thing no matter what country they happen to be living in, and their behaviour still has to be impeccable regardless of wether the countries laws are a sham or not. The way the Gwangju Foreign school has skirted the legal requirements is a joke, and an embarrasment to the foreign expat community in general, and an example should be made of it's owner to show that we aren't all tarred with the same brush.
His membership of the West Virginia bar has been suspended.
Korea might give Robert Holley more credence as a a new Korean if he allowed his sons to do mandatory time in the either the ROK Army, Navy or Airforce. Not at a desk job either, but as a grunt in the infantry or Naval or Airforce equivalent. The Korean populace who generally see him as someone who swapped citizenship to latch on to the WON rather than for the supposed love of Korea as he claims, might finally be more accepting of him if he ignored the regulations about mixed blood individuals and and let his sons do their military time like everyone else's sons.
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Interesting speal on Daves about becoming a Korean citizen. Why someone would do that sure beats me unless it's for tax purposes. Korean taxes are low, and I have the feeling that U.S. citizens are still required to paye Their home countrioes taxes.
i heard that holley had to tear up his passport when he became a korean citizen. if he had to inform the U.S. Embassy as well, then he can't get a U.s. passport again. if he didn't then he is in the clear.
Saw a review about Gwangju foreign school on the International review of all foreign schools. It was sure derogatory about the owner. Holley hasn't a clue about education and it seems that he puts his head in the sand like an ostrich and hopes for the best. School unfortunately suffers like hell
How come the dood is accepting people into an ESL programe. I would have thought that anyone who had lived in an English speaking country for 5 years wouldn't need ESL classes.
Holly breaks the law every which way possible
I taught at Gwangju Foreign school, and I guarantee that at least 25% of the students are or were ESL students. Meaning of course that they don't have the required 5 years of residence in an English speaking country to get into an International school.
Someone mentioned this on daves ESL cafe, and I swear that Holley quickly added the 5 year in an English speaking country requirement to the schools homepage. Had to cover his arse in case someone made some inquires. Don't reckon he is going to let those under English 5 year requirement kids go. He would be losing too much money if he did.
It is the Korean government who has regulations against people of mixed raced from serving in the Army. Hell, they refuse to take people who even look mixed.
Aha I see. Holley's kids will be exempt from military service, because they are mixed bloods. Wonder if he would have proclaimed his love for Korea so much if his kids had to do miliotary duties just like everyone else's kids.
I have seen how some of the students treat Holleys second son at Gwangju Foreign school. They make some remark to him in Korean, and he puts his head down in shame and turns around and walks off. Koreans arent very accepting of people who aren't pure blood, because of the cultural thing they have about racial purity. Someone told me the remarks by the students were very cutting and that they were along those lines of him not doing the army stint.
Gee what kind of parent would put his kids through that kind of stuff when they could have been living in the U.S and avoiding all of it. I'm sure there will be some resentment later on.
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