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VirginIslander
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 Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:30 am Post subject: You Know You're an ESL Teacher When... |
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Sorry, I started the "You Know You're Korean When.." on a bad day (the original thread was removed), so, for the sake of balance..........
You Know You're an ESL Teacher when..................... |
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VirginIslander
Joined: 24 May 2006
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:32 am Post subject: |
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| And it begins. |
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Ecumenist
Joined: 04 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:36 am Post subject: |
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...you write artless, uninspired tirades full of errors like this:
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You know you are a Korean when..................
1. ..........the only card game you know is "One Card".
2. ..........the only music you know is Korean manufactured K-pop.
3. .........you have no knowledge of world geography.
4. .........you think Korea actually one the world cup in 2002.
5. .........you open up a bar, and the name of the bar has nothing to do
with what is inside (or vice-versa).
6. ........you think the "Korean Way" should never be challenged.
7. .........you think that people in the world actually care about Korea.
8. ........the only English question you can muster up is "Do you like
chicken?".
9. .........you only know two spices......salt and pepper.
10. ......you think that the only beers that exist in the world are OB, cASS,
and Hite".
11. ........you can't think for yourself.
12. ........you can't counter argue, or much less answer, any questions
that arrise about Korean culture.
13. ...........you look away and refuse to answer when someone asks you
a direct question.
14. ..........you think that Jeju oranges are really famous, and the best in
the world.
15.........you can't figure out that turning up the heater to maximum power
in the winter is NOT a good idea.
16. .......you were a sweater in the beginning of September, eventhough
it is still 80 degrees outside.
17. .........you have never heard of bands such as, Oasis, Pink Floyd
The Rolling Stones, U2..........
18. .........you are unable to tell the truth about anything.
19. ........you think that Koreans are actually a pure race of people,
magically appearing on the pennisula.
20. ..........you think that your country could whip Japans ass.
21. .......you think that Korea actually defeated Japan in WW2.
22. ..........you think the best beaches in the world are at Jeju Do.
23.......you are incapable of traveling by yourself.
Well, that's a start.
cheers.
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Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:50 am Post subject: |
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| Ecumenist wrote: |
...you write artless, uninspired tirades full of errors like this:
| dmbfan wrote: |
You know you are a Korean when..................
1. ..........the only card game you know is "One Card".
2. ..........the only music you know is Korean manufactured K-pop.
3. .........you have no knowledge of world geography.
4. .........you think Korea actually one the world cup in 2002.
5. .........you open up a bar, and the name of the bar has nothing to do
with what is inside (or vice-versa).
6. ........you think the "Korean Way" should never be challenged.
7. .........you think that people in the world actually care about Korea.
8. ........the only English question you can muster up is "Do you like
chicken?".
9. .........you only know two spices......salt and pepper.
10. ......you think that the only beers that exist in the world are OB, cASS,
and Hite".
11. ........you can't think for yourself.
12. ........you can't counter argue, or much less answer, any questions
that arrise about Korean culture.
13. ...........you look away and refuse to answer when someone asks you
a direct question.
14. ..........you think that Jeju oranges are really famous, and the best in
the world.
15.........you can't figure out that turning up the heater to maximum power
in the winter is NOT a good idea.
16. .......you were a sweater in the beginning of September, eventhough
it is still 80 degrees outside.
17. .........you have never heard of bands such as, Oasis, Pink Floyd
The Rolling Stones, U2..........
18. .........you are unable to tell the truth about anything.
19. ........you think that Koreans are actually a pure race of people,
magically appearing on the pennisula.
20. ..........you think that your country could whip Japans ass.
21. .......you think that Korea actually defeated Japan in WW2.
22. ..........you think the best beaches in the world are at Jeju Do.
23.......you are incapable of traveling by yourself.
Well, that's a start.
cheers.
dmbfan |
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I don't know... seems to be a lot of good points in there. |
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Ecumenist
Joined: 04 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:09 am Post subject: |
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I don't know... seems to be a lot of good points in there. |
And what do you do for a living? |
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IlIlNine
Joined: 15 Jun 2005
Location: Gunpo, Gyonggi, SoKo
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:23 am Post subject: |
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You know you're an English teacher when...
... you make a hablit of posting off-topic replies on Dave's ESL cafe?  |
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stevemcgarrett
Joined: 24 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 4:47 am Post subject: |
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...you hear rumors that a Korean hagwon teacher is moonlighting as a porn star in North America and you scour the expat blogosphere to find out the scoop.  |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 4:53 am Post subject: |
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| ...when you understand really bad English with no trouble, stuff you would never understand without some time on the job. |
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JohnTeacher
Joined: 10 Mar 2007
Location: Ansan-Si, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 4:59 am Post subject: |
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| Ecumenist wrote: |
...you write artless, uninspired tirades full of errors like this:
| dmbfan wrote: |
You know you are a Korean when..................
1. ..........the only card game you know is "One Card".
2. ..........the only music you know is Korean manufactured K-pop.
3. .........you have no knowledge of world geography.
4. .........you think Korea actually one the world cup in 2002.
5. .........you open up a bar, and the name of the bar has nothing to do
with what is inside (or vice-versa).
6. ........you think the "Korean Way" should never be challenged.
7. .........you think that people in the world actually care about Korea.
8. ........the only English question you can muster up is "Do you like
chicken?".
9. .........you only know two spices......salt and pepper.
10. ......you think that the only beers that exist in the world are OB, cASS,
and Hite".
11. ........you can't think for yourself.
12. ........you can't counter argue, or much less answer, any questions
that arrise about Korean culture.
13. ...........you look away and refuse to answer when someone asks you
a direct question.
14. ..........you think that Jeju oranges are really famous, and the best in
the world.
15.........you can't figure out that turning up the heater to maximum power
in the winter is NOT a good idea.
16. .......you were a sweater in the beginning of September, eventhough
it is still 80 degrees outside.
17. .........you have never heard of bands such as, Oasis, Pink Floyd
The Rolling Stones, U2..........
18. .........you are unable to tell the truth about anything.
19. ........you think that Koreans are actually a pure race of people,
magically appearing on the pennisula.
20. ..........you think that your country could whip Japans ass.
21. .......you think that Korea actually defeated Japan in WW2.
22. ..........you think the best beaches in the world are at Jeju Do.
23.......you are incapable of traveling by yourself.
Well, that's a start.
cheers.
dmbfan |
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The heading was You know you're and ESL teacher when....
Nothing was mentioned about Korea. ESL teachers are in every 'Non-English" country. Korean is merely one of them |
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wings
Joined: 09 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:23 am Post subject: ........ |
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.....you hear grammar points in every song you listen to.
..... you can�t flip through a magazine without cutting out half of the pages to make visuals.
.....you start speaking crap English, making the same mistakes as your students.
.....you start speaking really slowly and deliberatly to your friends and family who are native English speakers. |
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PimpofKorea
Joined: 09 Dec 2006
Location: Dealing in high quality imported English
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:15 am Post subject: |
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| you enjoy the smell of your own farts...oh wait....thats just me... |
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dmbfan
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:21 am Post subject: |
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The heading was You know you're and ESL teacher when....
Nothing was mentioned about Korea. ESL teachers are in every 'Non-English" country. Korean is merely one of them |
That was from a different post.
How about this one..................You know you are an anal retentive ESL teacher when you dont' have a sense of humor, and are the first to be a grammar, spelling nazi.................
Seriously, there are some pretty anal people here.........
Cheers.
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doggyji
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Toronto - Hamilton - Vineland - St. Catherines
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:33 am Post subject: |
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| Newbie wrote: |
| Ecumenist wrote: |
...you write artless, uninspired tirades full of errors like this:
| dmbfan wrote: |
You know you are a Korean when..................
1. ..........the only card game you know is "One Card".
2. ..........the only music you know is Korean manufactured K-pop.
3. .........you have no knowledge of world geography.
4. .........you think Korea actually one the world cup in 2002.
5. .........you open up a bar, and the name of the bar has nothing to do
with what is inside (or vice-versa).
6. ........you think the "Korean Way" should never be challenged.
7. .........you think that people in the world actually care about Korea.
8. ........the only English question you can muster up is "Do you like
chicken?".
9. .........you only know two spices......salt and pepper.
10. ......you think that the only beers that exist in the world are OB, cASS,
and Hite".
11. ........you can't think for yourself.
12. ........you can't counter argue, or much less answer, any questions
that arrise about Korean culture.
13. ...........you look away and refuse to answer when someone asks you
a direct question.
14. ..........you think that Jeju oranges are really famous, and the best in
the world.
15.........you can't figure out that turning up the heater to maximum power
in the winter is NOT a good idea.
16. .......you were a sweater in the beginning of September, eventhough
it is still 80 degrees outside.
17. .........you have never heard of bands such as, Oasis, Pink Floyd
The Rolling Stones, U2..........
18. .........you are unable to tell the truth about anything.
19. ........you think that Koreans are actually a pure race of people,
magically appearing on the pennisula.
20. ..........you think that your country could whip Japans ass.
21. .......you think that Korea actually defeated Japan in WW2.
22. ..........you think the best beaches in the world are at Jeju Do.
23.......you are incapable of traveling by yourself.
Well, that's a start.
cheers.
dmbfan |
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I don't know... seems to be a lot of good points in there. |
Well, you know, it's funny only when there's some truth over the threshold amount in it. Some people shouldn't try to be so witty at all.  |
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Ecumenist
Joined: 04 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:37 am Post subject: |
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| Zing. |
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