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DCJames · Joined: 27 Jul 2006

I teach at a uni out in the boonies. Basically, the rejects who couldn't attend uni in Seoul because of low test scores come all the way out here to get the uni experience.

To be frank, these people are dumb as $hit. I look into their faces during lecture and realize there is not much there for these people upstairs.

Unis these days are just like hogwons. They seem more interested in the bottom line and making money than providing any real "education". No way these dumb fu<ks belong in any "university".

goodgood · Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Location: seoul

Edited....Cause I thought this was a nasty op, and I wrote something too nasty back.

Sine qua non · Joined: 18 Feb 2007

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

I went to the University of Windsor, a Canadian university akin to your experience. I was briefly enrolled in Journalism but quickly changed my major when I realized how amazingly dumb 90% of the people in that major were. For a people whose job it would be to report on the world, they constantly displayed a general lack of knowledge of what was going on in the world.

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

Is it me, or did this thread just lose a bunch of posts? Mods?

jdog2050 · Joined: 17 Dec 2006

rothkowitz · Joined: 27 Apr 2006

Compulsory education turns a lot of people off.

zappadelta · Joined: 31 Aug 2004

Actually, I was pleasantly surprised at how smart they were.

ajstew · Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Location: Korea

If he says they are dumb.... they are probably are. It doesn't have anything to do with him not being a good teacher. Some people just can't be reached, and I'm sure the OP is referring to freshmen (emphasis on men). I've had plenty of horrible students/people. I've also been pleasantly surprised this semester to have, what seem to be 'mature' students. Yes, they are returning students beginning their second year, but the difference is night and day from last semester.

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

I think that trying really hard and going for top grades in high school leaves a lot of Korean students braindead afterward.

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

cruisemonkey

Sine qua non · Joined: 18 Feb 2007

Omkara · Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Location: USA

Omkara · Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Location: USA

Me am gots an opinions: teacher's work be to make dem kids unstupid.

And too, be them's intelijunce the mosts important thing about 'em?

Me am knowed a lot of smart people who is not cool. Know some jiggy folk who am right dumb, but dem gots me respect.

Gots to give 'em some love and respect if ya wants to make 'em grow. You know, the Sun's right dumb, but when him shines, lots of dem flowers blossom, and dey grass grows.

Love 'em, they'll love ya. Don't gotta be smart to know the best thing 'bout life! (Gotta start somewhere; then they'll respond to your lessons. Remember, the ego jumps up as a defensive mechanism. Watch for it, then beat the crap out of it. Keep coming back to the respect, no matter how hard it is. This is where the teaching begins. Then the deeper human intelligence will make itself known. Trust me; be strong and egoless, patient, and see what happens.)