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Saxiif
Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: Seongnam
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 Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:53 am Post subject: You know your students are Americanized when... |
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1. When the Red Sox fan and the Yankees start yelling at each other in class.
2. None of the students in the class believe in fan death.
3. They complain about their mom's making them eat kimchi.
4. One of them has a mullet.
5. They complain about getting dirty looks from kids on the street when they speak English to their friends.
6. Many are Creationists and believe that poodles were specifically created by God.
7. They give you writing assignments about how Tokyo is the best city in the world and how much they like Japan.
8. Their favorite movie is Napoleon Dynamite.
9. They are capable of discussing the Freudian imagery in Lord of the Flies maturely 
10. They don't stick teacher at the end of your name when they talk to you. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:29 am Post subject: Re: You know your students are Americanized when... |
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| Saxiif wrote: |
3. They complain about their mom's making them eat kimchi.
4. One of them has a mullet.
7. They give you writing assignments about how Tokyo is the best city in the world and how much they like Japan.
10. They don't stick teacher at the end of your name when they talk to you. |
These have happened in my classroom. |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:57 am Post subject: |
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| 4. One of them has a mullet. |
I've seen many an Asian mullet here. And I doubt any of them have been to America... |
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Hotpants
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 5:25 am Post subject: |
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| ...when they ask me what 'trousers' are. |
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Intrepid
Joined: 13 May 2004
Location: Yongin
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:54 am Post subject: Complaints |
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They bitch about SIS and other in-Korea foreign school students who "speak English when they're hanging out in Korea." Quel faux pas!
Hey Saxiif, long time... |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:58 am Post subject: |
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| When you ask them for their favourite foods, and none of them say any Korean foods (this really happened). |
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faster
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:08 am Post subject: |
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| They can't do calculus. |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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| When you ask them for their favourite foods, and none of them say any Korean foods (this really happened). |
Yes. Happened to me, too.  |
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TheBrain
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Acme Lab
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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6. Many are Creationists and believe that poodles were specifically created by God.
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So, you don't like poodles? |
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Saxiif
Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: Seongnam
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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6. Many are Creationists and believe that poodles were specifically created by God.
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So, you don't like poodles? |
Well the students asked me about evolution and not wanting to piss off their parents I explained to them as politely as possible that if selective breeding could change wolves into poodles, it only made sense that natural selection could change animals at least a bit. They countered by saying that dog breeds had nothing to do with wolves and were all created by God exactly as-is 
And I can see that some of you don't have Americanized students Overall I like the Americanized kids, they can be a bit lazy and rowdy at times but sooooooooo much easier to relate to. |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:36 am Post subject: |
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| Belief in creationism is not a sign of being Americanized. I have Korean friends who speak almost no English who are "creationists." There seem to be a lot of Christians in Korea who have this belief, even if they speak no English and have never left Korea. |
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seoulman1
Joined: 02 Feb 2007
Location: Jamsil
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:02 am Post subject: |
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| they're wider than they are tall. |
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JZer
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:50 am Post subject: |
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| When you ask them for their favourite foods, and none of them say any Korean foods (this really happened). |
I know a 10 year old boy who does not like Korean food. His favorite foods are pizza, steak, etc.
He hasn't even been to the US but he will be living in the US soon. |
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Damulgun
Joined: 11 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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| wylies99 wrote: |
| cdninkorea wrote: |
| When you ask them for their favourite foods, and none of them say any Korean foods (this really happened). |
Yes. Happened to me, too. |
Kids like junk food. We all know Western food is ultimate junk., |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Damulgun wrote: |
| wylies99 wrote: |
| cdninkorea wrote: |
| When you ask them for their favourite foods, and none of them say any Korean foods (this really happened). |
Yes. Happened to me, too. |
Kids like junk food. We all know Western food is ultimate junk., |
Mmmm... Make your own Nacho's at 7-11.
You start with Nacho Chips. Add a LOT of chili. Pour on the salsa and the onions. Empty the whole container of jalape�o peppers. Put more Chili in. Then top the whole thing off with Cheese until you can barely get the lid back on. Your nacho's should now weigh about 5lbs (2 kilo's).
Grab a fork and enjoy the Gasmaster 5000. |
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