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chaz47
Joined: 11 Sep 2003
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 Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:44 am Post subject: A few of my kids laughed about the killings today... |
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They are all teenage boys so I figure that's par for the course. One was clowning it up like he was in the Matrix or something... everybody else was laughing and laughing. This was of course after they told me they wanted to talk about it.
wow...
I know they are basically kids... but... wow.
I had just finished reading the thread comparing how this would have went down if it had been a waygook shooting 30+ Koreans in Korea to the reaction of 2 little girls accidentally getting killed because they were playing in a convoy of tanks.
I went red in the face and let them have it as politely as I possibly could. Luckily my coteacher was there to translate but I really doubt she understood half of what I was saying.
They shut up pretty quick and we continued the class. Later on she told me that they wanted to apologize, she said that they were laughing at the other student's antics and not the actual event.
Still pretty damn shameful and I doubt I'll renew my contract there.
Anyway, from the wikipedia posting...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_shootings
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Historical context
With a death toll of 33,[114] this is the deadliest single-perpetrator civilian shooting in United States history, surpassing the Luby's massacre of 1991, in which 24 people were killed.[114] Internationally, it is surpassed by the 1982 massacre of 57 South Koreans by off-duty police officer Woo Bum-Kon and the 1996 Port Arthur massacre in the Australian state of Tasmania where 35 people were killed by gunman Martin Bryant. |
Could this be "Han" ?
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:47 am Post subject: |
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I'm old enough to remember my classmates joking about How union carbide was the only one who killed more indians than john Wayne -- that and Ethiopean famine jokes.
Still, a phone call to their parents is required in a situation like that. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:12 am Post subject: Re: A few of my kids laughed about the killings today... |
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| chaz47 wrote: |
They are all teenage boys so I figure that's par for the course. One was clowning it up like he was in the Matrix or something... everybody else was laughing and laughing. This was of course after they told me they wanted to talk about it.
wow...
I know they are basically kids... but... wow.
I had just finished reading the thread comparing how this would have went down if it had been a waygook shooting 30+ Koreans in Korea to the reaction of 2 little girls accidentally getting killed because they were playing in a convoy of tanks.
I went red in the face and let them have it as politely as I possibly could. Luckily my coteacher was there to translate but I really doubt she understood half of what I was saying.
They shut up pretty quick and we continued the class. Later on she told me that they wanted to apologize, she said that they were laughing at the other student's antics and not the actual event.
Still pretty damn shameful and I doubt I'll renew my contract there.
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Kids, man. Kids. Can you understand that? Seems no more than they understand life, death and murder. |
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oskinny1
Joined: 10 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:14 am Post subject: |
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| My last class did this as well. I then quieted the class told them that I was driving a tank. "Bump...Bump." Asked if that was funny and they said "no". Did they understand why I was upset at them? I sure hope so. I did go on to explain that they were both sad situations and I like Koreans. |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:14 am Post subject: |
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| I think a lot of teachers in Korea, including foreign teachers, should be thankful for Korean gun laws today. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:20 am Post subject: |
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| oskinny1 wrote: |
| My last class did this as well. I then quieted the class told them that I was driving a tank. "Bump...Bump." Asked if that was funny and they said "no". Did they understand why I was upset at them? I sure hope so. I did go on to explain that they were both sad situations and I like Koreans. |
Great comparison. Think about it. |
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gsxr750r
Joined: 29 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:23 am Post subject: |
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| Why are non-Americans so concerned about US gun laws? I have a feeling that it goes far beyond a concern for human life. In fact, I would venture to say that caring about human lives lost takes a distant second to other agendas. |
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dmbfan
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:29 am Post subject: |
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This is one reason why I called in sick today............I did not wish potentially be in that type of situation.........korean kids laughing about this, and my reaction.
So, I stayed home.
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chaz47
Joined: 11 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:33 am Post subject: |
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This is one reason why I called in sick today............I did not wish potentially be in that type of situation.........korean kids laughing about this, and my reaction.
So, I stayed home.
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Good call.
I wish I had done the same. |
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psychedelic
Joined: 05 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul,South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:34 am Post subject: reply to chaz47 |
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| Oh yes,if a waygook shot a bunch of d******d So. Koreans,there would have been absolute Hell! Hypocritical S.O.B.'s! So. Koreans laughing about this doesn't surprise me at all. ******* insensitive A******S!!! F*** So. Korea!!!!! |
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chaz47
Joined: 11 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:36 am Post subject: |
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| oskinny1 wrote: |
| My last class did this as well. I then quieted the class told them that I was driving a tank. "Bump...Bump." Asked if that was funny and they said "no". Did they understand why I was upset at them? I sure hope so. I did go on to explain that they were both sad situations and I like Koreans. |
I mentioned the tank incident too.
This was a great way to do it though. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:43 am Post subject: |
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| I teach adults. They were not laughing. |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:49 am Post subject: |
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| I don't teach anyone, but I do take a Korean class at Yonsei. There were about 8-10 Kyopos laughing and whooping it up, having a grand old time and making jokes about it. I couldn't believe how goddam insensitive they were about it. Made me sick. Sad. I was out of their view, and they were speaking perfect English. |
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:51 am Post subject: |
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No one mentioned it at my school, just another day. I made smoothies in a young class to teach about consanant blends. it was fun.
Anyone could die at any time. Many do. |
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4 months left
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:52 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| I teach adults. They were not laughing. |
I teach adults also, one was concerned that it would be more difficult to get a visa to study in the U.S. Didn't seem to be concerned about the victims. |
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