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Post by Baek on Jan 20, 2014 13:15:41 GMT 9
Anybody?
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Post by Mitch Egan on Jan 20, 2014 16:21:33 GMT 9
Insisting that I use a certain sauce or eat something a certain way. And even if I say "I know, I know" they keep chiding me if I dip my meat in a different sauce than what they deem vital. For that reason I hate school dinners and I refuse to eat in the cafeteria. It's been tuna fish sandwiches for over a month now. I either eat outside or in the teacher's room, depending on the weather. In Japan no one ever instructed me on how to eat. It's pretty simple. Open your mouth and put the food in. I don't need lessons.
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Post by Ironhead on Jan 20, 2014 17:57:58 GMT 9
I don't think there's a single Wayg left in the ROK who hasn't gotten that old-time Gospel favorite of "You use chopsticks very well!" said in utter amazement. When I get back over yonder, I'm going to make it a point to always act dumbfounded and amazed that folks from hereabouts can use forks! "Wah! You use a fork very well!" I often put my rice into my soup and eat it together. From the reaction the Locals give me, you'd think I was sacrificing a baby pig on the table there.
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Post by DancingLlama on Jan 21, 2014 7:50:43 GMT 9
I think it is odd that foreign teachers are not given specific textbooks or any form of curriculum Since I was not given a text book for any of my classes, I was required to create the entire curriculum from scratch. Most of that I did at the beginning of the semester, but as the students progressed, I was forced to re-design some of the lessons I had planned. I worked quite zealously this past weekend at solidifying all of the lessons for the next two weeks so that I will have nothing pressing to do with my free time. The students are going to Jeju-do next week and then there's the holiday the week after and some extra exams that take all day, so all total I will be working a grand sum of six days in the next two weeks. I know, I must sound like the biggest whiner judging from some of my more recent posts. *sigh* Let's just chalk that up to the seemingly never-ending PMS.
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Post by Private Pusan on Jan 21, 2014 7:53:11 GMT 9
Korean kids are obsessed with shit. The not so tactful art of bringing up “ddong” (shit) happens quite often in school. The really weird thing is that every student draws shit the same way, looking like a volcano.
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Post by Private Pusan on Jan 21, 2014 7:58:05 GMT 9
Widespread belief in "Fan death" might be the most talked about odd behavior in Korea. This isn’t just some internet BS that is circulated around either, even a government funded agency has issued a statement on the topic…
“The Korea Consumer Protection Board (KCPB), a South Korean government-funded public agency, issued a consumer safety alert in 2006 warning that "asphyxiation from electric fans and air conditioners" was among South Korea's five most common seasonal summer accidents or injuries, according to data they collected. Also included among the five hazards were air conditioner explosions and sanitation issues, including food poisoning and opportunistic pathogens harbored in air conditioners. The KCPB published the following:
If bodies are exposed to electric fans or air conditioners for too long, it causes [the] bodies to lose water and [causes] hypothermia. If directly in contact with [air current from] a fan, this could lead to death from [an] increase of carbon dioxide saturation concentration [sic] and decrease of oxygen concentration. The risks are higher for the elderly and patients with respiratory problems. From 2003 [to] 2005, a total of 20 cases were reported through the CISS involving asphyxiations caused by leaving electric fans and air conditioners on while sleeping. To prevent asphyxiation, timers should be set, wind direction should be rotated and doors should be left open.
Also, mythbusters did an episode about this a few years ago.
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Post by notopori on Jan 21, 2014 8:01:10 GMT 9
I've noticed a great deal of odd behavior from NET's. Trying to smuggle in drugs. Being drunk in the street and not preparing lessons. Needless to say the foreigners behave in ways that any decent teacher would find appalling. Korean customs are different. But saying they are "odd" is an insult. Have a little respect and you might find it gets returned to you in kind.
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Post by DancingLlama on Jan 21, 2014 8:04:31 GMT 9
Always, and I mean always, using the peace sign in photos.
"HAHAHAHAHA wtf are you doing with your hand?"
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Post by Ironhead on Jan 21, 2014 9:47:50 GMT 9
I've noticed a great deal of odd behavior from NET's. Trying to smuggle in drugs. Being drunk in the street and not preparing lessons. Needless to say the foreigners behave in ways that any decent teacher would find appalling. Korean customs are different. But saying they are "odd" is an insult. Have a little respect and you might find it gets returned to you in kind. True enough all that, I guess Archi...I meant "notopori", but this thread is Odd Thing that the LOCALS do that weird you out.
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Post by lloyd on Jan 21, 2014 14:19:26 GMT 9
Public urination on a main road in the middle of the afternoon. I also saw an older woman drop trou and pinch a loaf in a car park near my apartment. I don't live out in the countryside.
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Post by lloyd on Jan 21, 2014 14:23:13 GMT 9
I've noticed a great deal of odd behavior from NET's. Trying to smuggle in drugs. Being drunk in the street and not preparing lessons. Needless to say the foreigners behave in ways that any decent teacher would find appalling. Korean customs are different. But saying they are "odd" is an insult. Have a little respect and you might find it gets returned to you in kind. I've never smuggled drugs. I don't drink much alcohol, but I never get drunk. I've always got my lessons prepared weeks in advance. I've also never pissed in the street.
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Post by franklymrshankly on Jun 3, 2014 21:12:35 GMT 9
The belief that attaining a certain age gives you the right to act in an asshatted manner that civilised folk would find detestable.
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Post by Baek on Jun 4, 2014 1:18:45 GMT 9
The belief that attaining a certain age gives you the right to act in an asshatted manner that civilised folk would find detestable. +1
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Post by franklymrshankly on Jun 4, 2014 12:41:21 GMT 9
The belief that attaining a certain age gives you the right to act in an asshatted manner that civilised folk would find detestable. +1 That being said, I get it. The older I get, the more obnoxious I become. And, my mates, who are all in their 50s and 60s, make me look like a boy scout in comparison.
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Post by Glen Quagmire on Jun 5, 2014 6:40:03 GMT 9
I don't think there's a single Wayg left in the ROK who hasn't gotten that old-time Gospel favorite of "You use chopsticks very well!" said in utter amazement. When I get back over yonder, I'm going to make it a point to always act dumbfounded and amazed that folks from hereabouts can use forks! "Wah! You use a fork very well!" I often put my rice into my soup and eat it together. From the reaction the Locals give me, you'd think I was sacrificing a baby pig on the table there. You and your boys will be veritable magicians to the yokels grazing at the Chinese buffet....
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